WTC Final 2023 :
The 15-member Indian team (Team India) has been announced for the World Test Championship final to be played with Australia from 7 to 11 June at ‘The Oval’ in England. Suryakumar Yadav, who was included in the Test team during the Australia tour, has been dropped from the team, while Shreyas Iyer could not make it to the team due to injury.
As soon as the team was announced, the biggest news was the return of veteran player Ajinkya Rahane. Yes, Ajinkya Rahane has returned to the Test team after almost one and a half years. Cricket fans are very happy with Rahane’s return. At the same time, 3 such players were also selected in the team who were not entitled to board the flight to England.
KL Rahul
KL Rahul has been in poor form for a long time. Despite being given constant opportunities, Rahul has not been able to score runs in any format. Rahul is also looking out of form in IPL 2023. Despite this, his being in Team India for WTC Final 2023 is a wrong decision taken by the BCCI. Let us tell you that KL Rahul has scored 50, 12, 10, 22, 23, 10, 2, 20, 17 and 1 runs in the last 10 Test innings.
Sarfaraz Khan could have been given a chance in the team in place of KL Rahul, who has performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, especially in Ranji Trophy, in the last several seasons. Sarfaraz Khan was the top scorer in the last Ranji Trophy, scoring 982 runs at an average of 122.75. Sarfaraz scored 4 centuries and 2 half-centuries. His top score was 275.
K S Bharat
KS Bharat (Srikar Bharat) has been selected as the wicketkeeper batsman for the World Test Championship (WTC Final 2023). Everyone saw how KS Bharat performed during the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar series with Australia. Bharat could score only 101 runs in 6 innings of 4 matches of the Australia series. His top score was 44. In such a situation, his selection as a wicketkeeper batsman on a big stage like the World Test Championship Final is a wrong decision.
Sanju Samson could have been given a place in the team in place of Bharat who is a wicketkeeper as well as a great batsman and has more experience in international cricket than Sanju. His performance in international cricket has also been excellent in recent times.
jaydev unadkat
The name of Jaydev Unadkat in the team selected for the World Test Championship (WTC Final 2023) is also surprising. Under his captaincy, Unadkat has won prestigious trophies like Vijay Hazare for Saurashtra in recent times, but he has not got a chance to play at the international level for a long time. After 10 years, in 2022, he got a chance to play a Test during the Test series against Bangladesh, but after that he was not given a place in the team during the Australia series. He has also got fewer opportunities in the IPL and his performance has also not been impressive in the opportunities he got.
In the presence of Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Mohammad Siraj, hardly any other fast bowler would get a chance, so it would have been better if a young bowler like Arshdeep Singh was given a chance instead of Unadkat, who would at least sit in the team dressing room and learn the tricks of Test from the big players.
Indian team for WTC Final
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat