IND vs AUS ICC WTC Final 2023: There is a clash between India and Australia in the final of the World Test Championship 2023. The title match between the two will be played at the Kennington Oval in London from June 7. The conditions will be different for both the teams in this match. At the same time, interesting fight will be seen between some players of both the teams. Both the teams have excellent batting attack.
On the other hand, Australia has fast bowlers like captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland and spinners like Nathan Lyon. At the same time, Team India will field with fast bowlers like Mohammed Shami, Siraj, Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur and the team has spinners like Jadeja and Ashwin. In such a situation, the players of both the teams can get to see a fierce battle between them. Let us know some interesting statistics between the players of both the teams.
1 Indian top order vs Mitchell Starc
Team India’s possible top order in the final of the World Test Championship will be in the form of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane. All these five players have performed brilliantly against Team Mitchell Starc. Mitchell Starc is yet to dismiss Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill in Tests, while Kohli, Pujara and Rahane have a combined average of 77.8 against Starc.
2 Steve Smith Vs Jedza
Till 2020 in Tests, Steve Smith was scoring at an average of 116 against Ashwin and during this time he was dismissed only 3 times. After this, the battle of Ashwin vs Smith was overturned. Ashwin has dismissed Smith 5 times in 11 innings since 2020. During this, Smith has scored runs at an average of just 17.2 and has lost a wicket on every 39th ball.
3 Jadeja vs Labushen
In the Border Gavaskar Trophy played in February-March this year, Jadeja dismissed Australian star batsman Marnus Labuschagne 4 times in 8 innings. During this, Labushen’s batting average was only 16. At the same time, overall Jadeja has shown Labushen the way to the pavilion 5 times in 11 Test innings.
4 Warner vs Indian spinners and Umesh Yadav
Left-handed Australian batsman David Warner looks very uncomfortable against Indian spinners Ashwin and Jadeja. Against Ashwin, Warner scored at an average of just 17.63 and lost his wicket on the 38th ball. At the same time, Warner’s batting average against Jadeja has been 14.75. During this, he has lost a wicket on every 22nd ball.
Apart from this, Warner appears in excellent rhythm against Indian fast bowler Umesh Yadav. Warner bats against Umesh Yadav at a strike rate of 113, but Umesh Yadav has taken Warner’s wicket on the 26th ball. Umesh has so far dismissed Warner 6 times in Tests.
5 Indian Middle Order Vs Pat Cummins
In the title match of the World Test Championship, the Indian middle order will probably include Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rahane. Since 2020, the record of all three players against Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has not been good. Since 2020, Kohli has averaged 28 against Pat Cummins, Pujara 25 and Rahane 24.
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