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'Isse zyada green pitch nahi bana sakte the' - Fans react to pictures of the Oval pitch for the WTC final

Dinesh Karthik, who is on the commentary panel for the World Test Championship (WTC) final shared the pitch pictures on social media

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The World Test Championship (WTC) final is right around the corner as India and Australia are looking to win their maiden title in the biggest format of the game. Both the teams have announced solid squads filled with experience and youth and all the players will be willing to give their all in this one-off Test for their country.

The Indians are yet to choose between Ishan Kishan as well as KS Bharat as their wicket-keeper, according to their second practice session at The Oval before the WTC final. The Indians are taking the threat posed by Mitchell Starc extremely seriously. Australia worked out in chilly, cloudy conditions in the morning, but the Indians arrived in the afternoon to bring sunlight to The Oval. Despite the fact that it was voluntary, most of the participants showed up with the exception of Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, and backup Suryakumar Yadav.

The Indians primarily played left-arm pace, despite the fact that seam bowlers Scott Boland in addition to Pat Cummins can cause a lot of damage. Left-arm bowlers Jaydev Undakat, Aniket Choudhary, a net bowler as well as a local pacer offered the batters a lot of practice. The first players to get a hit were Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shubman Gill, and Mohammed Shami. Shami took his batting extremely seriously by playing for in excess of 30 minutes. 

Before moving to the neighbouring net to take on Shami and Unadkat, Virat Kohli hit several balls against spinners. He then practised vital catching skills with Rahane and Gill in the slips. The Indian batsmen used one of the several net bowlers touring with the team, Pulkit Narang, for the more difficult matches against Nathan Lyon, and he bowled a lengthy stint.

India have a day ahead of the game to choose between two spinners and a fourth option for pace, but they were unable to do so till now. Ashwin merely came out to bat, while Ravindra Jadeja got a chance to bowl. They also have a difficult decision to make about wicket-keeping. Before going to the batting nets, Bharat and Kishan both practised their wicket-keeping techniques.

The experts are split on their preference, with many supporting Kishan owing to his superior batting skills. Bharat is being promoted as a better choice for wicket-keeping. To make a decision regarding the starting eleven, one must wait until after the last practice.

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