The two best Test teams currently, India and Australia will meet each other in the final of the World Test Championship 2021-23 at the Kennington Oval in London starting from June 7.
Team India will be coming into the contest after a tiring two months of the Indian Premier League 2023. Ajinkya Rahane has earned himself a Test call-up due to his good recent performance and will be expected to be a part of the playing XI in the finals.
The team will miss the services of several big names like Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, and KL Rahul, who have been the reason for the team's success in the last few years and will be missing out due to injuries. India have won ten out of 18 games in WTC 2021-23, while they have lost five games and three matches ended in a draw.
Australia, on the other hand, will be coming fresh in the contest; other than David Warner, Josh Hazlewood and Cameron Green, none of the Australian players who are part of the WTC finals squad took part in Indian Premier League 2023. Australia will be missing the services of their mainstay bowler, Josh Hazlewood, due to injury. Scott Boland is expected to play in the eleven and would be one of the bowlers to watch out for. Australia have won 11 out of 19 games and lost three games; they have managed to draw the remaining five games.
For Australia, Usman Khawaja has been their go-to batter, as he has so far aggregated 1608 runs in 28 innings at an impressive average of 69.61, while Marnus Labuschagne has smacked 1509 runs in 33 innings at a healthy average of 53.89. Steven Smith and Travis Head, too, have contributed 1252 and 1208 runs in 30 and 26 innings, respectively.
In the bowling department, Nathan Lyon holds the key with 83 wickets, while Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc have managed to pick 53 and 51 wickets, respectively.
For India, Cheteshwar Pujara has been the go-to batter, as he has so far aggregated 887 runs in 30 innings at an average of 32.85, while Virat Kohli has scored 869 runs in 28 innings at an average of 32.18. Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja have managed to score 700 and 673 runs, respectively.
In the bowling department, Ravichandran Ashwin holds the key with 61 wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami has managed to pick 43 and 41 wickets, respectively.
Australia vs India Head-to-Head Record:
In as many as 106 games played between the two teams, Australia have managed to win 44 matches, while India have managed to win 32 games, one game ended in a tie, and 29 matches have ended in draw.
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Matches Played |
106 |
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Australia |
44 |
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India |
32 |
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Draw |
29 |
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Tied |
1 |
Records and Stats at Kennington Oval:
Pacers have enjoyed bowling at this ground; when compared to spinners, pace bowlers have taken 1930 wickets at an average of 30.60 in 104 matches, while the spinners have managed to pick 892 wickets at an average of 34.26 in 104 matches. Teams batting first have won 38 matches, whiles teams batting second have won 29 matches so far, 37 games have ended in a draw.
Australia have won seven games, lost 17 games in 38 games they played at this venue and have drawn 14 games. India have managed to win only two games out of 14 games they played, losing five games, and seven matches have ended in a draw. Teams winning the toss have preferred to bowl first due to the swinging conditions.
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Matches Played |
104 |
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Teams Won Batting First |
38 |
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Teams Won Chasing |
29 |
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Draw |
37 |
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Average First Batting Score |
345 |
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India Won |
2 |
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India Lost |
5 |
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India Draw |
7 |
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Australia Won |
7 |
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Australia Lost |
17 |
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Australia Draw |
14 |
Australia vs India, the Battlegrounds:
One of the best battles between the two teams is Cheteshwar Pujara vs Pat Cummins; in 17 innings played between the two, Pujara has managed to battle 172 runs and has faced 600 balls, while Cummins has dismissed Pujara seven times in 600 balls.
Pujara has faced Nathan Lyon in 33 innings and has scored 570 runs in 1293 balls at an average of 43.84, while Lyon has dismissed Pujara for a record 13 times. Ajinkya Rahane, to have played Lyon in 30 innings, has scored 338 runs in 736 balls against Lyon, while he has been dismissed ten times in the course. Virat Kohli has played Mitchell Starc in 17 innings, scoring 219 runs in 377 balls at an average of 73, while Starc has dismissed Kohli thrice in 377 balls.
Steven Smith has played against Ravindra Jadeja in 18 innings, scoring 232 runs in 674 balls at an average of 33.14, while Jadeja has dismissed Smith seven times. In 20 innings played between David Warner and Ravichandran Ashwin, Warner has scored 194 runs in 428 balls, while Ashwin has picked him 11 times. David Warner has played Umesh Yadav in 14 innings, scoring 180 runs at an average of 30 and strike rate of 113.20, while Umesh Yadav has managed to pick him six times in 159 balls.
Highest and Lowest totals:
Australia’s highest total against India in Tests is 674, while their lowest total is 83
India’s highest total against Australia in Tests is 705, while their lowest total is 36
Players To Watch Out For:
Australia: Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc
India: Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja
Australia vs India Squads:
India:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed. Shami, Mohammed. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Kishan (wk).
Standby players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav
Australia:
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Michael Neser, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, David Warner
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