Friday, November 22, 2024

ICC WTC Final: Ricky Ponting names his combined India and Australia XI ahead of Final; leaves out Josh Hazlewood

ICC WTC Final: The focus is slightly moving towards the ICC World Test Championship Final. India and Australia will cross swords with each other in the final of the Test Championship and it’s fair to say that both the teams will be eager to lift the trophy. The event will take place at Oval England from the 7th to the 11th of June. 

ICC WTC Final: Ricky Ponting names his combined India and Australia XI ahead of Final; leaves out Josh Hazlewood

WTC FINAL 2023: Virat Kohli & Others will leave for England on May 22nd(Tomorrow)
WTC FINAL 2023: Virat Kohli & Others will leave for England

With World Test Championship final around the corner, former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has named his combined India-Australia playing XI. There was no hesitation for him in picking captain as he picked Rohit Sharma as skipper over Pat Cummins. The Indian captain will open the innings alongside Usman Khawaja, who has been in terrific form. 

At No.3 Ricky Ponting choose Marnus Labuschagne, who was followed by Virat Kohli and Steve Smith at No.4 and No.5 respectively. The trio has been the best batters going in Test cricket and have taken world cricket by storm with their heroics. 

At No.5 he opted for Ravindra Jadeja and left out Cameron Green. Whereas Alex Carey is the wicketkeeper on his side. Ricky Ponting also didn’t choose R Ashwin as he went with his countrymen in Nathan Lyon as the spinner along with Ravindra Jadeja in the team. 

Read Also: ICC WTC Final: Ishan Kishan or KS Bharat? Ravi Shastri and Dinesh Karthik pick keeper for India in WTC Final

Ricky Ponting then picked a formidable pace attack. Pat Cummins was the first-choice pacer in his team. He then picked Mitchell Starc over Josh Hazlewood as the second pacer whereas India’s Mohammad Shami 

Here’s Ravi Shastri’s combined India-Australia Test XI: 

Rohit Sharma (c), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Ravindra Jadeja, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Mohammad Shami

ICC WTC Final: Indian and Australia squad for the ICC WTC Final 

WTC Final 2023: Australia's Full Squad Analysis with Players stats
WTC Final 2023: Australia’s Full Squad Analysis with Players stats

Here’s the Indian squad for the WTC Final 

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishan Kishan, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.

Here’s the Australian squad for the WTC Final 

Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vice-captain), Mitchell Starc, David Warner

Bookmarked post
Ankitjit Singh
Ankitjit Singhhttps://www.icccricketschedule.com/
Ankitjit Singh has 3+ years of experience in producing cricket articles. His expertise extends to cricket news, match analysis and fantasy cricket tips, providing valuable insights to fans around the world.

Related Articles

Latest Cricket NEWS