Team India standbys for World Test Championship final

By Ivy Sarkar 28/04/23

India will face Australia in the World Test Championship Final at the Oval in South London from June 7 to 11, 2023

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It is reliably learnt that Sarfaraz Khan, Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini are the standbys for WTC final

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Sarfaraz Khan and Ruturaj Gaikwad as specialist batters

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Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini are fast-medium bowlers

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Ishan Kishan is the lone keeper-batter among the standbys

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Team India could play a mutli-day warm-up match leading in the World Test Championship final

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Some players are not featuring in the IPL playoffs, which will begin from May 23, will proceed to London in advance

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Ajinkya Rahane earned a recall for the World Test Championship final when the squad was announced on April 24

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Inputs from former India and CSK skipper MS Dhoni were taken by the Indian team management and the selection committee on Rahane

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From the kind of knocks Rahane is playing in the IPL, it can surmise that he is in a positive mental space playing for CSK under Dhoni

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