Indian cricket squad is all set to play the ICC International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship (WTC) finals starting from today, the 18th of June.
The five days match would be held at The Rose Bowl Cricket Ground stadium at 3:00 P.M., in Southampton, England.
India vs New Zealand WTC Final playing 11s.
According to sources, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Playing XI squad for the WTC final on the evening of the 17th of June, a day ahead of the match.
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Here’s #TeamIndia‘s Playing XI for the #WTC21 Final 💪 👇 pic.twitter.com/DiOBAzf88h
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 17, 2021
The playing XI of Indian Cricket Team includes Virat Kohli (C,) Rohit Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. The Indian team management has gone with five bowlers, including Ravindra Jadeja as an all rounder.
On the other hand, team New Zealand have Devon Conway, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner and Ajaz Patel for playing XI.
Besides Playing XI team, the 15 members team of India and New Zealand for the WTC Tournament are as follow:
India squad for WTC final: Virat Kohli (Captain) Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Md. Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Umesh Yadav and Hanuma Vihari.
New Zealand squad for WTC final: Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson (Captain,) Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, B.J. Watling, Tom Blundell, Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult and Matt Henry.
IND vs NZ WTC final: Southampton weather forecast
According to the United Kingdom (U.K.,) weather forecast website, there is a yellow warning of thunderstorms on Day 1 of India vs New Zealand WTC final at Southampton.
Speaking about the weather forecast during the press meet, Indian Cricket Team Captain Virat Kohli said, “We are quite clear in terms of what we want to do. The forecast is something we are not focused on. Regardless of what we do we have our bases covered. We won’t bother about what the weather holds,”
The five days ICC WTC Finals would begin from the 18th of June and would continue till the 22nd of June.
