[Sport] Captain Rohit Sharma joins India squad for WTC Final training

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With a week’s time left in the 2023 World Test Championship Final, India captain Rohit Sharma has joined the likes of Virat Kohli, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav for the team training ahead of the game against Australia.

Rohit, who led the Mumbai Indians team that reached Qualifier 2 in the recently concluded Indian Premier League season, arrived to England following his side’s defeat to Gujarat Titans earlier last week.

He was also accompanied by Rajasthan Royals opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was included in the India squad for the one-off final as a stand by opener in place of Ruturaj Gaikwad who is due to be married later this week.

On Monday, the BCCI Twitter account shared photos of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Jaydev Unadkat arriving at the training ground titled “Arrival 

Captain Rohit Sharma has joined the Indian team for the training session at the Arundel Castle Cricket Club. After Mumbai Indians got knocked out of IPL 2023 from the playoffs, Rohit travelled to London ahead of the World Test Championship Final against Australia. Rohit travelled alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jayden Unadkat as the first batch of players already left for England early and have started training for the mega clash which will be played at the Oval starting from June

The Twitter account also posted photos of other Indian players training including the likes of Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj.

The first batch of players who left for England - Virat Kohli, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur have already begun their preparations for the WTC final having reached London earlier.

Kohli posted a couple of photos from a training session on Monday as he was involved in a batting session in the nets and also was part of the fielding drills.

While the ICC posted a video of Umesh Yadav bowling to the Indian batters in the nets on Tuesday. Kohli and other Indian batters faced the express deliveries of Umesh.

With the conclusion of IPL 2023, the likes of Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, KS Bharat, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ajinkya Rahane are expected to join the team soon.

Meanwhile, Rohit’s recent form in IPL is a big concern for India ahead of WTC Final. It was the fourth season in a row where Rohit failed to cross the 400-run mark in IPL. The Mumbai Indians skipper scored just 332 runs in 16 matches at an average of 20.75.

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