AUS vs IND: Stats Record Of WTC 2023 At Kennington Oval, London

The two best teams of the contest India and Australia will meet each other in the Grand Finale of the World Test Championship 2021-23 at Kennington Oval in London on June 7^th 2023.

Team India will be coming into the contest after a tiring two months of the Indian Premier League 2023. Ajinkya Rahane has earned a call up in the squad due to his good recent performance and will be expected to be a part of playing 11 in the finals.

The team will miss the services of several big names who have been the reason for their success in the last few years, the names consist of Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, all the players were key and integral part of the squad in this league and will be missing out due to injuries.

Australia, on the other hand, will be coming a fresh in the contest, other than David Warner and Cameron Green none of the Australian players who are part of WTC finals squad took part in Indian Premier League 2023. Australia will be missing the services of their key bowler Josh Hazlewood due to injury. Scott Boland is expected to play in the eleven and would be one of the bowlers to watch out for.

For Australia, Usman Khawaja has been their go-to batter, as he has so far aggregated 1608 runs in 28 innings at an impressive average of 69.61, while Marnus Labuschagne has smacked 1509 runs in 33 innings at a healthy average of 53.89. Steven Smith and Travis Head too have contributed 1252 and 1208 runs in 30 and 26 innings, respectively. In the bowling department, Nathan Lyon holds the key with 83 wickets while Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc have managed to pick 53 and 51 wickets, respectively.

For India, Cheteshwar Pujara has been the go-to batter, as he has so far aggregated 887 runs in 30 innings at an average of 32.85, while Virat Kohli has scored 869 runs in 28 innings at an average of 32.18. Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja have managed to score 700 and 673 runs, respectively.

In the bowling department, Ravichandran Ashwin holds the key with 61 wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami has managed to pick 43 and 41 wickets, respectively.

Australia vs India Head-to-Head Record:

In as many as 106 games played between the two teams, Australia have managed to win 44 matches, while India have managed to win 32 games, one game ended in tied and 29 matches have been ended in Draw.

Matches Played	106
Australia	44
India	32
Draw	29
Tied	1

Records and Stats at Kennington Oval:

Pacer have enjoyed bowling in this ground, when compared to spinners, pace bowlers have taken 1930 wickets at an average of 30.60 in 104 matches, while the spinners have managed to pick 892 wickets at an average of 34.26 in 104 matches. Teams batting first have won 38 matches whiles teams batting second have won 29 matches so far, 37 games have ended in draw.

Australia have won seven games and lost 17 games in 38 games they played at this venue and have drawn 14 games. India have managed to win only 2 games out of 14 games they played, losing five games and 7 matches have ended in draw. Teams winning toss have preferred to bowl first due to the swinging conditions.

Matches Played	104
Teams Won Batting First	38
Teams Won Chasing	29
Draw	37
Average First Batting Score	345
India Won	2
India Lost	5
India Draw	7
Australia Won	7
Australia Lost	17
Australia Draw	14

Australia vs India the Battlegrounds:

One of the best battles between two teams is Cheteshwar Pujara vs Pat Cummins, in 17 innings played between the two, Pujara has managed to battle 172 runs and has faced 600 balls, while Cummins have dismissed Pujara 7 times in 600 balls. Pujara has faced Nathan Lyon in 33 innings and has scored 570 runs in 1293 balls at an average of 43.84, while Lyon has dismissed Pujara for record 13 times.

Ajinkya Rahane too have played Lyon in 30 innings, Rahane has scored 338 runs in 736 balls against Lyon, while he has been dismissed for 10 times in the course. Virat Kohli has played Mitchell Starc in 17 innings, scoring 219 runs in 377 balls at an average of 73, while Starc has dismissed Kohli thrice in 377 balls. Steven Smith have played against Ravindra Jadeja in 18 innings, scoring 232 runs in 674 balls at an average of 33.14, while Jadeja has dismissed smith 7 times.

In 20 innings played between David Warner and Ravichandran Ashwin, Warner has scored 194 runs in 428 balls, while Ashwin has picked him 11 times. David Warner has played Umesh Yadav in 14 inns, scoring 180 runs at an average of 30 and strike rate of 113.20, while Umesh Yadav has managed to pick him 6 times in 159 balls.

Highest and Lowest totals:

Australia’s highest total against India in test is 674, while their lowest total is 83

India’s highest total against Australia in Test is 705 while their lowest total is 36

Players To Watch Out For:

Australia: Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc

India: Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja

Australia vs India Squads:

India:

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed. Shami, Mohammed. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Kishan (wk).

Standby players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav

Australia: 

Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Michael Neser, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon,  Todd Murphy, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, David Warner