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India vs Australia Live Scores, Day 2, Oval | WTC 2023 Final | IND vs AUS Live Scores Only
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Preview: In pro-wrestling parlance, it's what they call fantasy booking. When you bring together two wrestlers or a tag-team from two different eras or two different territories and 'book' an imaginary match/bout between them. Especially when it seemed improbable that it could ever become a reality.
Say, Stone Cold Steve Austin versus Bill Goldberg at their peak in the late 1990s or a Shawn Michaels versus Daniel Bryan in more recent times.
Surely, you've done the same with cricket too, but in a slightly different context. What would it be like if Dennis Lillee bowled to Sachin Tendulkar or if Pat Cummins bowled to Virat Kohli on an English pitch during an English summer. While Lillee v Tendulkar will remain a fantasy, we are amazingly just a day away from seeing Cummins bowl to Kohli on a very English pitch during a very English-looking summer in London.
The second World Test Championship Final is upon us as the two most consistent Test teams over the last two years clash for a trophy, which despite fighting for relevance and context, remains a world title that neither have won. India of course fell short two years ago against an inspired New Zealand outfit in Southampton while Australia didn't even make it that far. And the two finalists have had two very different journeys to get to this point. While India has largely been in a rebuilding stage under Rohit Sharma following the end of the Kohli captaincy era, Australia have built themselves up under Cummins after parting ways with Tim Paine. As it turns out, India have played quite a bit in England in this current cycle, having had their five-match Test series in 2021 spread over two years. Australia, meanwhile, have the luxury for once to be in England on an 'Ashes' tour for a whole two weeks without having to obsess solely on England.
You can talk about how neither the lead-up, mainly owing to the placement of the match itself, and the setting, might not yet have the big event vibe or feel like the ultimate Test, which is what it's been built up to be. But the fact that it's been played at The Oval in early June, which brings with it several unknowns does add a huge layer of intrigue to how the match itself will play out, even if you do leave what's at stake aside. And it's this mystery around not knowing what to expect that should make what transpires at The Oval over the next five or so days a fascinating watch. That in itself of course is the whole magic of fantasy booking, only that we get the rare treat of seeing one of those dream matches play out for real, that too in a big 'final'.
Considering Australia haven't beaten India in a Test series in nearly 9 years, this also presents them an opportunity to upstage their new-age arch rivals before they go head-to-head against their more traditional ones.
Playing XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon
Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, KS Bharat (wk), Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj
Australia Squad: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Josh Inglis, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Marcus Harris
India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat(w), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat
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