Australia 21/1 in 8.4 Overs | WTC Final 2023 Live Score: India ask Australia to bat first – The Times of India

India won the toss and opted to field first against Australia without No. 1-ranked Test bowler Ravichandran Ashwin in the World Test Championship final. Overcast conditions and a green-tinged pitch made it a no-brainer for India to go with four fast bowlers and the spin of allrounder Ravindra Jadeja. Ashwin’s spin became surplus. The two seamers beside Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj were confirmed as Shardul Thakur, who will play his first test since the one-off match at Edgbaston last year, and Umesh Yadav, who missed the second half of the Indian Premier League because of a hamstring injury.Read Less