Ranked: Every India and Australia player ahead of the WTC Final
India and Australia will be spoilt for choice when it comes to finalising their XIs for the ICC World Test Championship Final as each team can call on multiple players at or near the top of the latest Test Rankings.
ICC World Test Championship 2023 Final from 7 to 11 June at The Oval.
Marnus Labuschagne leads the latest Test batting rankings and is part of a formidable Australia line-up that could include four batters in the WTC Final from the latest rankings top-10.
Opener Rohit Sharma is the highest-ranked India batter with the resurgent Virat Kohli not far behind the player that replaced him as Test captain.
India were not able to consider Rishabh Pant for the WTC Final after the No.10-ranked Test batter and keeper was injured in a motor vehicle incident earlier this year.
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Ravichandran Ashwin is the top-ranked Test bowler but the India and Australia bowling attacks otherwise look evenly-matched in the latest rankings.
As well as missing one of the top batters, India will have to find a way to win the WTC mace without a key weapon from their pace attack as seventh-ranked bowler Jasprit Bumrah is currently sidelined.
India’s depth for all-rounders stands out in the latest rankings although it remains to be seen how many of their spinners that are also more than adept with the bat can fit into their line-up at The Oval on June 7.
Here is how the India and Australia players included in the World Test Championship Final squads are ranked ahead of the WTC Final (Australian players in bold):
1: Marnus Labuschagne 3: Steve Smith 6: Travis Head 7: Usman Khawaja=11: Rohit Sharma
13: Virat Kohli
=24: David Warner=24: Cheteshwar Pujara
26: Cameron Green40: Ravindra Jadeja
46: Axar Patel
47: Ajinkya Rahane
48: Shubman Gill
49: Alex Carey76: Ravichandran Ashwin
91: Marcus Harris =94: Mitchell Starc
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1: Ravichandran Ashwin
3: Pat Cummins 8: Nathan Lyon9: Ravindra Jadeja
14: Mitchell Starc20: Mohammed Shami
31: Axar Patel
36: Umesh Yadav
=43: Mohammed Siraj
=43: Scott Boland52: Shardul Thakur
=60: Todd Murphy 67: Cameron Green =80: Michael Neser95: Travis Head
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1: Ravindra Jadeja
2: Ravichandran Ashwin
4: Axar Patel
8: Mitchell Starc 10: Pat Cummins =17: Cameron Green =17: Nathan Lyon