Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar feels India have the means to out-bat Australia in the upcoming World Test Championship closing. The summit conflict between the two powerhouses of world cricket is ready to be performed from June 7 at the Oval in London. Gavaskar reckons India have depth of their batting line-up and they’ll simply bat solely as soon as.
““I’m backing India to out-bat Australia because if you look at the Indian batting lineup, at number 8 we have (Ravichandran) Ashwin who has five Test hundreds and the Oval is generally a very good pitch to bat on. You win the toss, put up a big score on the first two days, then you don’t have to bat in the second innings,” Gavaskar stated whereas chatting with Star Sports.
He additionally felt that the Indian gamers picked in the WTC Final squad shoul journey to England as soon as their respective IPL groups are knocked out of the ongoing IPL season. “I know the IPL finishes on May 28, and the Test starts on June 7. I’d like to see those players from the teams who haven’t qualified to go to England a bit earlier, maybe even play against club sides. It will help them adjust to the conditions,” Gavaskar added.
Recently, India introduced their squad for the WTC Final and recalled veteran Ajinkya Rahane for the summit conflict. In the absence of middle-order batters Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant, the selectors went for skilled Rahane who had a superb Ranji Trophy season. Suryakumar Yadav misplaced his place from the facet whereas Sarfaraz Khan did not get an opportunity both.
India squad for WTC Final:Â Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ok L Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
