India take on Australia in the World Test Championship final from June 7.
With the World Test Championship closing (2023) proper round the corner, each India and Australia will be gearing up to take on every different in the much-anticipated clash. The Test suit is scheduled to be performed from June 7 at The Oval in London.
With the likes of Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, and many extra suit and raring to go, it may want to be in all likelihood that crew India will be placing in extremely good shows with the bat towards the Pat Cummins-led side.
Opining about the same, former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting got here ahead to pinpoint the key elements for group India that should lead the aspect to a superb win in opposition to Australia in the WTC final. Ponting published that the performances of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli ought to be key.
“The Australian group will be speakme about Virat, no doubt about it, and they may be speaking about Pujara. They’re the two; Pujara has been a thorn in their aspect a lot in the previous and in Australia, and this wicket will probably be a lot greater like an Australian pitch. They be aware of that they shall have to get him early,” Ponting stated in the ICC review.
“They additionally comprehend that Virat, over the closing few weeks, is possibly simply about again to his absolute best, albeit in T20 cricket. He advised me that the feeling he is getting proper now is that he is nearly again to his best, and this is an ominous warning for the Australians going into a one-off game,” he added.
Furthermore, the 48-year-old additionally heaped reward on the current performances of big name Indian batter Shubman Gill. The 23-year-old performed the closing two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023, and with KL Rahul out of rivalry due to injury, it may want to be Gill’s time to shine.
“He appears like a wonderful younger guy, he is acquired that bit of mind-set about him as well. He’s obtained a bit of swagger. He has some serious class. That kind of the front foot pull shot that he performs towards the quickly bowlers will be a shot that he’ll probable want towards this Australian attack,” Ponting said.
