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The final of the World Test Championship is to be played from June 7.
The WTC final is to be held between India and Australia.
New Delhi. Suryakumar Yadav made his Test debut for the Indian cricket team earlier this year on the back of his impressive performances in white-ball cricket. He played in the first Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in February and scored 8 runs in the first innings. India won the match by an innings and 132 runs. Interestingly, despite playing one Test and batting only once, Suryakumar Yadav sat on the bench for the rest of the series. Now the Indian team has been selected for the ICC World Test Championship final and Suryakumar Yadav has not got a place in this team. In such a situation, the former opener of India has raised questions on this.
Ajinkya Rahane has returned to the team selected for the World Test Championship final. Recently, Ajinkya Rahane has returned to the Test team a month after being dropped from the BCCI’s central contract for the current season. Rahane is currently playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. At the beginning of this season of IPL, Ajinkya Rahane has shown a great game with the bat. Rahane played the last Test in January 2022, since then he was running out of the team.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra is happy with the inclusion of Ajinkya Rahane, but has raised a big question on the BCCI’s selection policy. Chopra does not understand how a player like Suryakumar Yadav can be judged on the basis of one Test innings. And if it is not required, then why was the Test selection done in the first place.
Aakash Chopra tweeted, “Happy for Rahane, but what does the inclusion and exclusion of Suryakumar Yadav mean? Why did you get selected… if you did then why did you drop after one match?
Jasprit Bumrah was not considered as he is recovering from a back injury. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer has also recently undergone back surgery.
Indian team for the World Test Championship:
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 .
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Tags: Aakash Chopra, Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, world test championship, World Test Championship Final, WTC Final
FIRST PUBLISHED : April 25, 2023, 19:38 IST