The WTC final will be played from 7th to 11th June Kennington Oval.
India sealed a 2-1 series win after their fourth Test match ended as a draw on the final and fifth day against Australia, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. At the same time due to Sri Lanka's defeat in test at the hands of New Zealand, Rohit Sharma & Co. have secured their berth in the final of World Test Championship. The WTC final will be played from 7th to 11th June Kennington Oval.
However, Responding to India's first innings score of 571, Australia reached 175/2 and then declared, with the umpires agreeing to call it off. India didn't bat in the second innings. Marnus Labuschagne (63 not out) and Steve Smith (10 not out) remained unbeaten for the visitors. India managed to take only two wickets on Day 5, with Axar Patel removing Travis Head for 90 in the post-Lunch session, and R Ashwin dismissing Matthew Kuhnemann for six runs in the first session. In response to Australia's first innings score of 480, India posted 57I on Day 4, with Virat Kohli smacking 186 runs. The former captain had already bagged a half-century on Day 3, and then got his 28th Test century in the post-Lunch session of Day 4, and then brought up his 150 in the final session. He was the last wicket, getting dismissed by Todd Murphy for 186 off 364 balls.
Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja, who resumed batting on the fourth day, was dismissed by Murphy too in the first session, gathering only 28 runs. Nathan Lyon struck for Australia in the post-Lunch session to take the wicket of KS Bharat, who was nearing a half-century. Lyon also took the wicket of Umesh Yadav in the final session, with Mitchell Starc dismissing Axar Patel, who smacked 79 off 113 balls.
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