In the final match of the ICC Test Championship (WTC Final 2023), Australia won the ICC Trophy by defeating India (IND vs AUS).
In the final match of the ICC Test Championship (WTC Final 2023), Australia won the ICC Trophy by defeating India (IND vs AUS). Australia defeated India by 209 runs to win the ICC Test Championship for the first time. The wait for the Indian team in search of an ICC trophy since 2013 has become longer. Apart from winning the toss, Rohit Sharma’s team could not win anything else in the entire match. Team India’s 8 batsmen could not even complete the first session on the fifth day of the match.
Top order flop once again
The top order of the Indian team proved to be a flop in both the innings during the entire match. Indian team openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill together added 30 runs in the first innings, while in the second innings they could only score 41 runs. The bat of Shubman Gill, who was in excellent form in the IPL, remained completely calm. At the same time, Rohit Sharma scored 56 runs during the entire match. After this Cheteshwar Pujara also disappointed a lot. Pujara got out in the second innings playing a shot that was not expected of him at all. He scored only 41 runs in both innings, while he had been playing county cricket for the past several days.
Virat Kohli was looking good in the first innings as well but he could not prolong his innings. Whereas in the second innings, Kohli was again seen in good form. By the end of the fourth day’s play, Kohli had hit some good shots and looked in control. But chasing the target on the fifth day, Kohli’s weakness once again came to the fore, when he was caught in the slip while teasing the ball at the seventh stump of Boland. Steve Smith flew to his right and took his catch. It was a very poor shot by Kohli and such a shot cannot be expected from him at all. Kohli scored 63 runs in the entire match.
Bad bowling and runs wasted on the first day
India won the toss and elected to bowl first, while the Oval ground has always been in favor of the batsmen. But the team management saw the grass on the pitch and defended their decision due to the worst conditions. After taking the first three wickets early, the bowlers of the Indian team looted a lot of runs in the last session of the first day. Smith and Head shared a 285-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Australia scored 469 against India on the first day, after which
mistake in bowling combination
India decided to pick Ravindra Jadeja as the lone spinner. They used the same strategy they used during the 2021-2022 tour of England, even as the pitch surface at The Oval had a green tint and unpredictable weather conditions. Let us tell you that Australia’s off-spinner Nathan Lyon took five wickets in this match. In such a situation, many questions also arise regarding not including Ashwin in the team.