Today is the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Final between Australia and India. The host country will be represented in the event’s final for the fourth consecutive year—beginning with India in 2011. The batsmen have performed well in every game they have played so far, led by the aggressiveness of Rohit Sharma and the confidence of Virat Kohli. Their bowling attack, which has seen both pacers and spinners flourish, has been spearheaded by Mohammed Shami’s brilliance.
Report on Pitch
Rohit Sharma examined the strip closely for the second day in a row and saw that it was quite different from the one they played on October 14 against Pakistan.
“There was no grass on the wicket (in the Pakistan match). There’s some grass on this wicket. The captain stated, “I don’t know, maybe you know, I still haven’t checked today how the wicket is, but from my understanding obviously it’s going to be on the slower side. That wicket appeared a lot drier than this one.
India squad:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Prasidh Krishna, Suryakumar Yadav.
Australia squad:
Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.