Aakash Chopra analyzes Australia’s starting lineup for the summit game. The stage is set for both World Test Championship finals to face off at The Oval for the top prize in Test cricket.
Aakash Chopra, a cricketer-turned-broadcaster, believes that Australia’s seasoned opener David Warner’s presence in the playing XI can operate as a crack in their armour in the World Test Championship final.
The stage set for both World Test Championship finals to face off at The Oval for the top prize in Test cricket. The Pat Cummins-led team will face Rohit Sharma-led India on June 7 and the match will last till June 11. If a significant amount of time is lost without a result over the first five days, the reserve day (June 12) will be use.
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Warner’s statistics during Australia’s recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour of India were quite ordinary
Warner had a disastrous Test outing, scoring only 26 runs in three innings before being pull out of the series owing to an elbow injury.
Aakash Chopra used his YouTube channel to hype the WTC final at The Oval. Mentioning Warner’s poor record in Tests on English soil.
“How will the opposing team be?” David Warner is a 50-50 bet in my opinion. His performance in England is likewise dismal. Then there’s Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, and Travis Head.”
Chopra also remarked that Australia has a strong batting order as well as a potent bowling attack.
“Alex Carey, then Cameron Green, or the other way around.” As a result, there will be a lot of variety in batting. Then there’s Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, who bat well in these conditions, and Scott Boland, who’s in good form.”
Australia will field Scott Boland in place of Michael Neser in the final, according to skipper Pat Cummins. Nathan Lyon will most likely handle the spin for the first-time finalists.
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