The Indian team will play against Australia in the final of the ICC Test Championship. Both the teams will be face to face from June 7 at the Oval in England. Team India has reached the final of this tournament for the second time in a row. He was last defeated by New Zealand in 2021. Talking about Australia, it will play the final for the first time. Before the title match, we are telling how the journey of the Indian team has been in the 2021-23 cycle…

There have been a lot of changes in the Indian team in the last two years. Two coaches of Team India remained in the 2021-23 cycle. Ravi Shastri stepped down from the post of coach after the 2021 T20 World Cup. Veteran batsman Rahul Dravid was made the coach in his place. Team India played a total of six Test series in this cycle. During this, he had five different captains. Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma led the team.

Series against England
Team India started the second cycle of the World Test Championship with a tour of England. The five-Test series ended 2-2. Team India was ahead 2-1 in the opening four Tests. During this, Kohli was the captain in all four matches. The fifth test could not happen due to the coronavirus. It was played the next year in 2022. By then Kohli had resigned from the captaincy. Jasprit Bumrah took command in the fifth Test. Team India lost in that match and the series became equal to 2-2.

Home series against New Zealand
After the series against England, India hosted New Zealand. India won 1–0 in the two-match series. Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli captained this series. The Kanpur Test was drawn under the leadership of Rahane. At the same time, under the captaincy of Kohli, the Indian team won the Mumbai Test.

Tour of south africa
India toured South Africa in late 2021. Team India lost 1-2 in the three-test series. India won the Centurion Test under Kohli's captaincy. He did not play in the second Test in Johannesburg. India faced defeat under the captaincy of KL Rahul. The third Test was played in Cape Town. Kohli is back. He also scored runs, but the team lost.

Sri Lanka host
India hosts Sri Lanka in 2022. Team India won a Test series for the first time under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. India easily defeated Sri Lanka in both matches to take the series 2-0.

Bangladesh tour
The Indian team went on a tour of Bangladesh for a two-Test series. Captain Rohit Sharma could not play in both matches due to injury. India won the series 2–0.

Host Australia
On the tour of India, the Australian team came for a series of four Test matches. Team India needed a series win to reach the final of the World Test Championship. He won the four-match series 2-1 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.