India vs Australia, WTC 2023 Final: Team India's road to the summit clash
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May 31, 2023, 12:58 PM IST
India vs Australia, WTC Final: Rohit Sharma & Co. face Australia in the summit clash at The Oval, London on June 07. Here's reliving India's road to the finale -
1) India-England Tests end in 2-2 stalemate
India's first assignment in the second cycle of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) was against hosts England.The five-match series started on August 1, 2022, and the then Virat Kohli-led visitors had an unassailable 2-1 lead heading into the fifth and final Test before the match was postponed due to Covid-19 crisis in the Indian camp.
The rescheduled fifth and final Test took place last year, in July, where Jasprit Bumrah-led India lost by seven wickets and the series ended in a 2-2 stalemate.
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2) India beat NZ 1-0 at India beat New Zealand, at home, 1-0 in the two-match Test series in late 2021.The Kiwis held onto a draw in the series opener, in Kanpur, as Ajinkya Rahane-led India failed to claim the tenth wicketin defence of285. The second and final Test saw regular captain Virat Kohli return as the home side thrashed NZ by a whopping 372-run margin.
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3) India go down to SA
Virat Kohli's Team India played a three-match Test series versus South Africa in the African nation in early 2022. They conceded the series (2-1) after a 1-0 lead. It became Kohli's last series as a Test skipper, announcing the decision soon after the end of the final Test.
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4) India thrash SL 2-0
This was Rohit Sharma's first assignment as thefull-time skipper as he took over as the Test captain following Kohli's resignation. The Dimuth Karunaratne-led Islanders were clueless against the Indian team who romped past their Asian neighbours in both the Tests with top performances from Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, etc.
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