India and Australia are all set for a blockbuster clash in the WTC final that will be played at The Oval in London, starting on June 7. The conditions at The Oval will be critical, and ex-India legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar named his starting eleven for the men in blue and identified one area of concern in the star-studded batting lineup.

Gavaskar said on Star Sports –

“I will talk about the batting, and that will be Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill as one-two. No. 3 is (Cheteshwar) Pujara, No. 4 is (Virat) Kohli, No. 5 is Ajinkya Rahane. No. 6 is where there is just a little bit of a concern. I would imagine No. 6 would be either (Srikar) Bharat or Ishan Kishan.”

“They are talking about Bharat because he has played all these matches so far. So will probably stick with Bharat at six.” Talking about the pace bowling attack of the Asian giants, Gavaskar asserted that seamer Shardul Thakur can complement the fast bowling duo of Shami and Siraj in the final.

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Gavaskar added –

“No. 7 will be (Ravindra) Jadeja. If it’s a bright day and a bright prediction, then I think you are looking at Jadeja and (Ravichandran) Ashwin at No. 7 and No. 8. No. 9, 10 and 11 will be Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj and maybe Shardul Thakur.”