Ahead of the Test Championship final 2023, Australia and India will have to battle with a poor record at The Oval, London. The venue will host the final between these two teams. Talking about the Aussies, they played at this venue for the first time in 1880. Since then, they have played 38 games but have only seven wins. They played their last Test in the 2019 Ashes and went on to lose the game.
With this, they have a mere 18.42 win percentage, their worst record across England venues. However, they have a great win percentage at Lord’s (43.59), Headingly (34.62), Trent Bridge (29.03), and Old Trafford (26.67). Talking about India, even though they don’t have a good record, they lost their last game at this venue in 2021. Talking about India’s record, they have won two, drawn seven, and lost five games.
The squads:
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Josh Inglis, Todd Murphy, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.
Reserves: Mitch Marsh, Matt Renshaw
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, KS Bharat, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadakt, Umesh Yadav.
Reserves: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav
