IND vs AUS Test: India and Australia mega battle start next week. Coach Rahul Dravid has given the Indian cricket team a week off today. Dravid has asked the Rohit Sharma-led team to rest for today. At the same time, the team will go to the new VCA stadium in Jamtha for training before the first test.

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The camp used to be held at the Old VCA Stadium in the city

Till now this camp was held at the Old VCA Stadium in the city. Also, this series is very important for India in terms of the World Test Championship (WTC Final 2023).

Race to the WTC Final

Australia is at the top of the current ICC World Test Championship points table with a points percentage of 75.56. They are all set to make it to the WTC final to be played at The Oval later this year. While India ranks second with 58.93 percentage points, followed by Sri Lanka with 53.33 and South Africa with 48.72 points.

Australia is sure to qualify for the WTC final. It doesn’t matter to him whether he wins or loses in this series, but it is very important for India to win this series.

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India to qualify for WTC Final

India needs positive results in the upcoming series – which means they cannot afford to lose the series. They will also rely on the condition that New Zealand beat Sri Lanka in their two-match series in March to have a chance to appear in the WTC final. A 4-0 series win for India will help them achieve 68.06 points percentage, which is likely to be enough for a crucial top-two spot in the WTC standings.

India’s Test team for the first two Tests against Australia

Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.

Australia’s Test squad for India tour

Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (Vice-Captain), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.