The World Test Champions (WTC) Final for the 2021–23 cycle will begin on Wednesday at the Oval venue in London with Team India taking against Australia. After winning the 2013 Champions Trophy under MS Dhoni, India is attempting to win their first ICC trophy after a nearly 10-year absence.



Australia, which has previously won the ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, and Champions Trophy championships, will be competing in their maiden WTC Final but will be trying to add the WTC crown to their trophy cabinet. India will be looking for a better outcome from the last time they played in the WTC Final, when they fell to New Zealand at Lord's.



Weather Report Day 1 for the IND vs. AUS WTC Final (June 7): 

According to Accuweather.com, the first day, which is when the crucial game starts, will be "mostly sunny and delightful." Although there will be 22% clouds, there is just a 1% probability of precipitation. The highest temperature will only reach a pleasant 21 degrees Celsius.




Head-to-Head: IND vs. AUS WTC Final Day 1
India and Australia have played each other in 106 Test matches thus far. Australia has prevailed in 44 of 48 matchups, giving them a small lead. However, India has won 32 of the Test matches. The fierce character of their rivalry is also demonstrated by the 29 draws and one tie that have occurred in their games.

AUSTRALIA

The final person to leave the nets the night before the game was Marnus Labuschagne. Over the two days leading up to Wednesday, he had been there five times. Being Australia's careful No. 3, you wouldn't expect anything less. After spending an additional hour and a half perfecting his most recent hitting strategy, Steve Smith left a little while early. Since participating in the county championships, the pair has been doing similarly in these settings for the past month. Along with Usman Khawaja's stunning comeback to Test batting dominance, Australia's regular steadiness both on and off the field has been crucial in helping them reach the championship game. While Scott Boland simply makes bowling seem better,


Probable XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c)Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon

India

Rohit Sharma is a skipper with good instincts who doesn't mind making choices based on gut feelings or information. While Australia's lineup is essentially established, they will be watching with anticipation to see if they have to face off against their longtime foe, R Ashwin, whose spot in the XI is still up in the air, just like it always seems to be for India whenever they find themselves in England. If true, it would be a tantalising possibility to see Ashwin bowl to Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne on an early-season oval pitch. And when Rohit said that he would wait until the morning of the game to make a decision about the best spinner, he may have been serious.




Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin/Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav/Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj

Squads:

Australia Squad: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Josh Inglis, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Marcus Harris

India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat(w), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat