London: The final match of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC 2023) is going on between the Indian cricket team and Australia at The Oval ground in London from June 7. The second day of the final match (June 8) is over. On both days, the Australian team has had a huge lead. Batting first after losing the toss in this title match, the Kangaroo team scored 469 runs in their first innings. His innings ended the second day. After this, when Team India came out to bat, its top order appeared to flop badly.
In fact, captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started the innings for Team India in the WTC final. Against Australia, both openers gave India a fast start and scored 22 runs without losing wickets in 3 overs. But, after this, the whole matter went awry. Team India lost two wickets on a total score of 30 runs. Earlier, Australian captain Pat Cummins sent Indian captain Rohit Sharma to the pavilion. Rohit was dismissed for 15 runs. After this, in the next over, Scott Boland clean bowled Shubman Gill and made him walk. Gill scored 13 runs.
After this, Team India faltered and started falling one wicket after another. The team also lost the fourth wicket at a score of 71 runs. Virat Kohli was caught in slip on the ball of fast bowler Mitchell Starc. Kohli also scored only 14 runs. After this, Ajinkya Rahane, who was on the crease, took over Team India along with Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja added 71 runs for the fifth wicket with Ajinkya Rahane. Team India suffered the fifth major setback on 142 runs when star all-rounder Jadeja caught Steve Smith at slip. He was sent to the pavilion by Nathan Lyon. Jadeja scored 48 off 51 balls and missed the fifty. However, Rahane is still competing with kangaroo bowlers.
By the end of the second day's play in the WTC final, Team India has scored 151 runs for 5 wickets in the first innings. The Kangaroo team is still ahead by 318 runs. Ajinkya Rahane (29) and KS Bharat (5) are present at the crease for Team India. Now if Team India has to hold its grip on this match, then Rahane and Bharat will have to play a big innings on the third day of the match. The Australian team's first innings ended at 469 runs. On the second day of the game, Steve Smith completed his century while batting well. This was the 31st century of Smith's Test career. Smith scored 121 and Travis Head returned to the pavilion with 163 runs. Mohammed Siraj took 4 wickets for India.
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