The final of the World Test Championship is being played between India and Australia. Team India has not included Ravichandran Ashwin in the playing-11 and has taken the field with only one spinner in the form of Ravindra Jadeja. A lot of questions are being raised about this decision of Captain Rohit Sharma and the Indian team management. Many former veteran cricketers believe that how can one get the world's number one Test bowler out in an important match like the final?
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Gavaskar is angry for not feeding Ashwin
Sunil Gavaskar, one of India's greatest batsmen, criticized Team India's decision to drop Ashwin during the commentary. He said- there are five left-handed batsmen in the Australian team. These include David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Alex Carey, and Mitchell Starc. Despite this, there is no off-spinner in your team? Why is it like this? This decision is incomprehensible. At the same time, Harbhajan Singh, who was doing commentary with Gavaskar, also supported Gavaskar.
Michael Vaughan also expressed displeasure
Apart from this, many other former cricketers have also expressed their displeasure over the decision not to feed Ashwin on social media. These include former England captain Michael Vaughan. Vaughan tweeted and wrote – There is no Ashwin in the Indian team. This is a big mistake. At the same time, Sourav Ganguly also called the decision wrong. Ganguly, part of the commentary panel for the final, said – I do not believe in thinking what will happen later. As a captain, you take decisions before the toss and India decided to go with four fast bowlers.
No @ashwinravi99 for #India is a big mistake..!! #WTC2023

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 7, 2023
Ganguly and Ponting said this
Ganguly said- In the last few years he has got success with four fast bowlers. He has won Test matches. Every captain is different. Rohit and I think differently. If you ask me, it would have been difficult for me to keep a quality bowler like Ashwin out of the playing-11.

Ganguly said- If you have bowlers like Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, and Anil Kumble in the team, no matter what the condition, it is necessary to feed them. At the same time, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said – As the game progresses, I think the attitude of the pitch will change. Ashwin could have troubled the left-handed batsmen, but he is not in the team.


What happened in the match?
Talking about the match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Team India has reached the final of the World Test Championship for the second time in a row. New Zealand defeated India by eight wickets in the final of the first edition played in 2021. At the same time, the Australian team is playing in the final of the World Test Championship for the first time.

India had dropped Australia's first three wickets for 76 runs. Mohammad Siraj got Usman Khawaja (0) caught by wicketkeeper Bharat. Shardul Thakur also got David Warner caught by Bharat. He could score 43 runs. At the same time, Shami clean-bowled Marnus Labushen. He could score 26 runs.


However, after this Steve Smith and Travis Head batted brilliantly and did not let any wicket fall. Travis Head scored his 14th Test fifty off 60 balls. Both of them batted well till tea time and shared an unbeaten 94-run partnership. Till tea, Head is batting on 60 runs and Smith on 33 runs. This was the time when Team India missed Ashwin.

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