Tom Moody: The Oval will assist bowlers and Starc is good enough to take advantage of the same

Former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody has predicted that Aussie pacer Mitchell Starc will win the battle against Indian captain Rohit Sharma in the World Test Championship (WTC) final. According to Moody, conditions at The Oval will assist bowlers and Starc is good enough to take advantage of the same.

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India will face Australia in the WTC final at The Oval from June 7 to 11

India will face Australia in the WTC final at The Oval from June 7 to 11. The Indians will be featuring in their second straight final in the World Test Championship, having gone down to New Zealand by eight wickets in Southampton in 2021.

Virat Kohli was in charge of the team during India’s previous WTC

While Virat Kohli was in charge of the team during India’s previous WTC final, the reins are now with Rohit. The latter’s battle with Australian left-arm pacer Starc could be one of the defining contests of the clash at The Oval.

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Sharing his insights on the Rohit vs Starc battle, Moody made an interesting observation

“It’s going to be an interesting one. Rohit Sharma is coming out of a modest IPL season by his standards. But international cricket and Test cricket is a very different playgrounds. We know the world-class batter that Rohit Sharma is,” he said on Star Sports.

“I think just the timing of this particular Test match in England – early June, where the bowlers tend to get some assistance with overhead conditions and also the pitch being a little bit livelier than the end of the summer – I am sort of tipping the bowlers to have the edge over the batters. So, in this case, I think Starc is going to win the battle,” Moody added.