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Ajinkya Rahane makes his Team India return for the\u00a0World Test Championship final against Australia. Suryakumar Yadav, on the other hand, has not been included. Rahane, a veteran of 82 Test matches,\u00a0last played for India in the longest format of the game in January last year. Since then,\u00a0he was not considered for selection owing to poor form. However, having done well in domestic cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the 34-year-old made his way back.<\/p>\n
From the Indian squad that featured against Australia in the 3rd and 4th Test, Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav,\u00a0and Ishan Kishan are the notable absentees while Shreyas Iyer couldn’t be a part of the team owing to an injury. Along with Rahane, all-rounder Shardul Thakur has also been included in the squad for the WTC final.<\/p>\n
With Iyer out injured, the selection committee decided to hand the veteran Rahane a recall. The experienced batter had become the talk of the town in the Indian cricketing spectrum because of his superlative show with the bat in the IPL for CSK. In the season so far, Rahane has aggregated a whopping 209 runs at an average of 52.25. These runs have come at an exceptional strike-rate of 199.04.<\/p>\n
India squad for WTC final against Australia:<\/strong>Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli,\u00a0Ajinkya Rahane, K L Rahul,\u00a0KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja,\u00a0Axar Patel,\u00a0Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav,\u00a0Jaydev Unadkat.<\/p>\n The summit clash between India and Australia will be held from June 07 to June 11 at the Oval in London.<\/p>\n