Published: Jun 06, 2023, 03:23 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 07, 2023, 09:16 AM (IST)
New Delhi: The World Test Championship is just a day away. India and Australia will face each other in the final showdown of WTC 2023. There is a major setback for the Indian team as captain Rohit Sharma picked up an injury during a practise session on Tuesday.
According to reports in RevSportz Rohit hit his left thumb when he came for net practice on Tuesday.
“Rohit Sharma was hit in the left thumb while knocking during practice. He came out of the nets. Physio Kamalesh attended to him & applied a tape. After a while he put on his gloves to go back into the nets but decided against it likely as a precautionary measure” RevSportz Tweeted.
Massive..! ??
Rohit Sharma Injured during net practice session
Hope he is fit to face Australia tomorrow @ImRo45 #RohitSharma #WTC2023 #WTC2023Final @ICC @BCCI pic.twitter.com/b2pn9XDE3q
— Driti Atri (@AtriDriti1) June 6, 2023
Right after he got hit, India’s opener was seen taping his thumb and as a safety measure, Rohit didn’t continue the practice session and left with a taped thumb.
Even though any official statement is yet to come but if Rohit is unfit to play against Australia in the WTC final then young wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan is likely to make his Test debut on June 7. He is expected to open the batting with star performer Shubman Gill.
Australia finished at the top of the WTC 2021-23 points table with 66.67 points per cent (PCT) in 19 Tests. Whereas with 58.8 PCT, India finished in second place. It is the second consecutive time India has managed to get the better of Australia.
India’s Squad For WTC Final
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Kishan (wk)
