ICC World Test Championship Final: “The Australian Team Will Be Talking About Cheteshwar Pujara And Virat Kohli”- Ricky Ponting

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The highly anticipated final of the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 is scheduled to take place between India and Australia from June 7 at The Oval. The Veteran Hitter Cheteshwar Pujara frustrated the mighty Australians at BGT 2023. Cheteshwar Pujara he was part of the squad when India were bested by New Zealand in the 2019-21 WTC final.

Captain Rohit Sharma had a terrible IPL 2023 and billions would expect the swashbuckling batsman to come into his own. All eyes would be on Shubman Gill, the right-handed hitter is in the best shape of his life in every format of the game.

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Australia’s star bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins would be fresh as the duo opted out of IPL 2023 for the WTC 2021-23 final and Ashes 2023. It would be interesting to see what Australia’s strategy would be, as that earlier in BGT 2023 we witnessed batters go down like a deck of cards and battle both turners and pacers.

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India must not make the mistake of including 2 spinners in game 11 as the Oval field helps pacers and reverse swing.

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Australia will have to get Cheteshwar Pujara early- Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting was seen having an interaction on ICC Review Podcast and said that the Aussies would be planning on Cheteshwar Pujara as the batsman has made them very concerned. Ricky Ponting said the English conditions would also test star batsman Virat Kohli.

“The Australian team will be talking about Pujara. Pujara has been a thorn in his side a lot in the past and in Australia. They know they’re going to have to catch him early.” Ricky Ponting said.

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“The Australian team will be talking about Virat. No doubt about that. Knowing English conditions you would say he will be the opening batsman against the opening bowler because generally English conditions are new bowling conditions.” he claimed.

“If you shoot well with the new ball, you can do damage early. If you can hit well against the new ball, you can set the game up for your team early on.” added.

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