WTC Final 2023: Rahul Dravid will leave for London on May 23-24 for the WTC final. The Indian Cricket Team will once again leave for London for the ICC World Test Championship Final (WTC Final) in different groups.
Dravid will fly to London along with his entire coaching staff:-
Head coach Rahul Dravid along with his entire coaching team will fly to London on May 23-24. Some of the players who will be out of the race for the IPL 2023 playoffs will leave with them.
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After the IPL, the rest of the team will join him for a preparatory camp. The full camp will start on June 1 and will include Rohit Sharma and other players.
A BCCI official told Sport, “Rahul will leave for London in the last week of May, around May 23-24.
The players will leave after their IPL commitments. Some will go with Dravid as his IPL campaign ends.”
However, Cheteshwar Pujara is expected to join the squad for the final round preparations. He is currently playing for Sussex in the County Championship Division II in England.
Included in Team India for WTC Final:-
With a gap in the county after May 21, he will take a short break before joining Team India for the WTC final.
Meanwhile, a four-member selection committee will pick the team in the first week of May. While almost all the faces of the team against Australia will retain their places, the selectors will have to decide on Shreyas Iyer’s replacement.
With Suryakumar Yadav still not having enough experience to play Tests in England, the selectors are likely to recall Ajinkya Rahane for the WTC final.
Ajinkya Rahane has been in form ever since he was dropped from the Test team after the tour of South Africa last year. He has scored a lot of runs in Ranji Trophy and is looking in good form in IPL 2023 as well.
His experience in England could be crucial and that is why the selectors have asked him to practice with the red ball during the IPL. Sky has also returned to his form to pose problems for the selectors.
India Squad WTC Final 2023:–
- India’s team will remain the same as it was during the recent Test series against Australia.
- A selection committee headed by Shiv Sunder Das will select a 15-member squad for the WTC final. With Shreyas Iyer injured, India needs his replacement.
- KL Rahul is set to open with Rohit Sharma, which may force Shubman Gill to find a slot in the middle order.
- However, India needs a backup opener as well as a backup middle-order batsman.
- Mayank Agarwal is likely to be recalled as the backup opener.
- Ajinkya Rahane is also in the race for the middle order slot.
- For the wicket-keeper’s spot, KS Bharath will continue in the team despite struggling against Australia.
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- Ishan Kishan will be the backup keeper for the one-off final against Australia.
- Apart from Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, and Mohammad Shami, Shardul Thakur can also be a part of the team.
- Jaydev Unadkat is likely to be the backup option.
