Vikrant Shekhawat : May 08, 2023, 05:52 PM
WTC Final: The final match of the second edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) between India and Australia is to be played at the Kennington Oval in London from June 7. For this match, the news of a big change in the squad of Team India has now come to the fore. According to this, a senior player of the team had to be ruled out due to injury in the IPL. On the other hand, the young player has won the lottery because of this. The BCCI tweeted about this on Monday evening and gave information about this. Apart from this, the board has also announced the names of three standby players.According to the information given by the BCCI, Ishan Kishan has got an entry in the team in place of KL Rahul. Whereas Mukesh Kumar, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Suryakumar Yadav have been selected as standbys. Significantly, during a match in IPL 2023, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul was injured and ruled out of the entire tournament. There was news of an injury to his thigh. After this, he also withdrew his name from the final of the World Test Championship. Giving its official information, BCCI has now told his replacement. At the same time, Jaydev Unadkat also got hurt but he is present in the squad.Regarding Rahul's injury, experts have advised him to undergo surgery as soon as possible. At the same time, he will rehab at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). The BCCI in its release also informed about Jaydev Unadkat, who had injured his left shoulder after slipping on the side rope while bowling in the nets. He is currently at the NCA in Bengaluru and is undergoing strengthening and rehabilitation for his shoulder. However, a final call on his fitness will be taken later. Earlier there were reports of Umesh Yadav getting fit and bowling again. At present, he is being closely monitored.India team for WTC finalRohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Kishan (wicket keeper).Standby players: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mukesh Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav.