ICC’s big blow to Team India before WTC final! Big change before the final match

ICC WTC Final 2023: The final match of the World Test Championship 2023 will be played between India and Australia from June 7 to June 11 at Kennington Oval (London), England. The final match of the World Test Championship will not be played with the Dukes ball. Before this match, ICC has taken such a decision which can prove to be a big blow for Team India.

The match will be played with this ball instead of Duke
The final match of the World Test Championship 2023 will be played with the Kookaburra ball instead of the Duke ball. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has confirmed that the ICC has given its consent to use the Kookaburra ball in place of Dukes. Let us tell you that this will be the first time in England when Team India will not play Test cricket with Dukes ball. The last time the final of the World Test Championship was played between India and New Zealand, the Dukes ball was used. But for some time there have been complaints about the decline in the quality of Duke balls, due to which this big decision has been taken.

due to this reason
Duke ball will not be used after ICC’s big decision, says the owner of the Duke ball making company, ‘ I think there is a technical problem in the tanning process, which has been going on for several months. So far we haven’t caught this problem. Because the process of tanning and dyeing is important. If someone adds a little more chemical than the prescribed amount, or if the color comes from another manufacturer, all these little things affect the raw material used to make the ball. Let us tell you that this ball quickly loses its shape and becomes soft very quickly. For this reason the ball does not swing for long.

Team India for the World Test Championship Final:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj , Umesh Yadav and Jaydev Undkat.

Standby players: Rituraj Gaikwad, Mukesh Kumar and Suryakumar Yadav.

Australian squad for World Test Championship final:

Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Steve Smith (vc), David Warner, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Mark Harris, Jos Hazlewood, Travis Head, Jos English, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labusch, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy , Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Starc.