Australia vs India Final, ICC World Test Championship Final 2023: The final match of the World Test Championship is being played between India and Australia at the Kennington Oval in London. Till now the game of three days is over and today the game of the fourth day will be played. By the end of the third day’s play, Australia has scored 123 runs losing 4 wickets in the second innings. At the same time, the total lead of Kangaroos has been 296 runs. At present, Cameron Green 7 and Marnus Labushen are unbeaten after scoring 41 runs.
The Indian team will now try to cover Australia as soon as possible on the fourth day on Saturday. Batting first, Australia scored 469 runs in the first innings. In response to this, the Indian team was reduced to 296 runs in the first innings. In such a situation, Australia got a lead of 173 runs in the second innings. By adding 123 runs in the second innings, the Australian team has taken a total lead of 296 runs so far.
In the second innings, Usman Khawaja was dismissed for 13 runs, David Warner for 1 run, Steve Smith for 34 runs and Travis Head for 18 runs. On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets, Mohammad Siraj and Umesh Yadav took 1-1 wickets from India.
It was an interesting day where Ajinkya Rahane scored 89 and Shardul Thakur scored 51 for India. Due to the excellent partnership of 109 runs between the two, India was helped to make a comeback. But Australia is still in a strong position, as it took a significant lead of 173 runs after dismissing India for 296 in the first innings.
300 runs have never been chased at The Oval
Please tell that the highest run chase in the fourth innings on this ground so far has been 263 runs. This run chase happened in 1902. In such a situation, taking Australia’s lead of 296 runs can prove to be a big threat for Team India. In such a situation, it would not be wrong to say that Team India is in danger of defeat in the final match.