Chennai Super Kings star performers Ravindra Jadeja and Ajinkya Rahane along with Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill and Wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat have started their preparation for the grand World Test Championship final against Australia starting at Oval on June 7.
The full strength of the India squad has begun training at the Arundel Castle Cricket Club in Sussex, following the completion of the cash-rich league and the players will look to transfer their white-ball cricket form into the red-ball cricket.
Indian players such as Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Virat Kohli, and Ravichandran Ashwin have already begun their preparations for the WTC final alongside Indian support staff for the important World Test Championship final against Australia.
Ravindra Jadeja played a splendid role in the Chennai Super Kings title-winning campaign in the 2023 season, as he struck two boundaries in the final two balls to seal the fifth championship title for his side in the cash-rich league and Ajinkya Rahane has been the redemption of the IPL, as he found his way into the Indian team following his exploits for the MS Dhoni-led side in the IPL.
Shubman Gill has been the standout performer for the Gujarat Titans in this edition of the IPL. In the 2023 season, the Indian youngster has slammed 890 runs at an average of 59.33 and a strike rate of 157.80. The 23-year-old has three tons and four half-centuries to his name this season, as he scored his three centuries in the last four games of the IPL.
The 23-year-old has been in the form of his since the start of 2023 scoring hundred in all three formats of the game for India. He is already touted to be the next big thing in Indian Cricket and has been in the form of life since the start of the 2023 season and will look to continue his fine form going into the WTC Final.
The Indian team will be without the services of KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, and Rishabh Pant as they will miss out on the grand event due to injury problems, as the Indian team will go with the likes of inexperienced Ishan Kishan and KS Bharat for the finals.
India Squad For World Test Championship final: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishan Kishan, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.