Australia name squad for World Test Championship final against India
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The one-off Test will take place at the iconic south London venue between June 7 and June 11.
(Web Desk) – Australia have named their squad for the ICC World Test Championship final that will be played at The Oval in June.
India, who were beaten by New Zealand at the inaugural World Test Championship final at Lord's in 2021, have already named their final squad of 15.
The one-off Test will take place at the iconic south London venue between June 7 and June 11, with June 12 to be used as a reserve day.
The 17-man Australia squad for the World Test Championship final will also play first two Ashes Tests against England. However, Australia will need to finalise their 15-member squad for the clash against India prior to May 28.
All-rounder Mitchell Marsh is back in the frame for Test cricket for the first time in four years having been named in 17-man squad.
Marsh has endured several frustrating summers battling injury but performances in his sole first-class outing of the season (a rapid-fire century against Tasmania) and in the white-ball formats against India more recently underscored his potential to swing the outcome of matches.
As expected, the national selection panel has retained the core line-up that carried Australia to the WTC Final against India through consistent performances over the past two years, with Marcus Harris included as the auxiliary opener behind David Warner and Usman Khawaja.
SQUADS
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, David Warner
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, K L Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat
