Team India received a major injury scare just 24 hours before the WTC 2023 Final against Australia. India’s captain Rohit Sharma was hit hard on the left thumb during the practice sessions in the nets. Team India’s Physio attended to him & immediately Rohit went out of the nets. However, he returned to the nets after some time but couldn’t continue playing & after a chat with head Coach Rahul Dravid he left the net sessions.
The extent of the injury hasn’t been revealed yet & no Official Statement has been made. But as per reports, it’s been said that Rohit will recover till WTC 2023 finals & will be back on the field. Notably, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill & other key batters skipped the optional practice session but Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Umesh Yadav turned up and hit the nets. Ashwin in the nets focused more on batting in the final practice session.
Indian team is already reeling with injuries before the beginning of the summit clash as they are already without the service of pacer Jaspirt, Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer & KL Rahul. All their Test specialist are out of action due to respective injuries but there is a relief for the Indian team as Jadeja returns to the announced squad while Kohli, Rahane & Pujara are back in form. The squad looks bolstered with the presence of young sensations Yashaswi Jaiswal & Suryakumar Yadav. On the other hand, Australia will be without the services of Josh Hazlewood who is recovering from an Achilles & side injury. Michael Nesser has been named as Hazlewood’s replacement in the Australian squad. The WTC 2023 Final will be played from June 7 to 12 at the Oval, London.
Team India Squad for the WTC 2023 final:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Kishan.
Standby Players:
Yashaswi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
Australia Squad for WTC 2023 Final
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, David Warner
Standby players: Mitch Marsh, Matthew Renshaw
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