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The Australian cricket team is determined to secure their maiden World Test Championship (WTC) title as they prepare to face India at The Oval next week. Their last encounter with India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year was a disappointing 2-1 loss. Now under the leadership of Pat Cummins, Australia’s focus is on winning the final. Ahead of the much-anticipated final, the International Cricket Council (ICC) shared pictures of four Australian fast bowlers – Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Scott Boland – wearing the Australia jersey. ICC captioned the tweet, “It’s building momentum.”
Giving it … speed! ,#WTC23 pic.twitter.com/MonYr7TKKI– ICC (@ICC) June 3, 2023
A certain Twitter user felt that Australia would win the final match by “10 wickets”.
Australia win by 10 wickets
___________________ – S AFRIIDII (@Afridiis090) June 3, 2023
Echoing a similar sentiment, another person commented that ICC’s post was giving off “classic Aussie vibes”.
One social media user replied optimistically, “What a competition this is going to be. Can’t wait to watch King Kohli play the cover drive while facing the above bowlers.”
Oh what a contest it will be… Can’t wait to see these above bowlers cover drives by King Kohli..#WTCFinal2023 @ICC #INDvsAUS– Asif Iqbal (@imAsif_561) June 3, 2023
Some Indian cricket fans expressed their support for Rohit Sharma and his team. This user said that Team India will win the WTC final “by an innings”.
India won it by an innings — HM (@Harshamaheshian) June 3, 2023
Despite Australia’s formidable pace attack, their track record at The Oval raises concerns ahead of the World Test Championship final. With only seven wins out of 38 matches played at this venue, Australia have a success rate of just 18.42 per cent. They have faced defeat on 17 occasions, while the remaining 14 Tests have ended in draws.
Under the captaincy of Pat Cummins, Australia secured their place in the final by topping the points table in the 2021-23 WTC cycle. Apart from their struggles at The Oval, the Australian batsmen will also have to contend with India’s formidable spin attack led by Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. The Ashwin-Jadeja partnership proved highly effective during the Border-Gavaskar series earlier this year and is expected to present a similar challenge in the WTC final starting June 7.
