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India and Australia are all set to play the Test Championship 2023 Final at The Oval in London. Both teams will play this match for the coveted title from the 7th of June next month at 3.30 PM (Indian Standard Time). Meanwhile, cricket’s governing body has announced the list of umpires who will be officiating in the Test Championship Final.
The one interesting name that has drawn the attention of a big section of Indian cricket fans is Richard Kettleborough, who is named as the third umpire in this much-anticipated prestigious Test match between India and Australia.
Subsequently, Indian cricket fans immediately took to Twitter and came up with a lot of interesting and hilarious reactions on the micro-blogging site. They went on to assume that Kettleborough would be bad luck for Team India as they have lost all the championship finals or semi-finals in which Kettleborough officiated as umpire.
Here’s how fans reacted:
ICT fans after seeing kettleborugh in ICC final💀 pic.twitter.com/pkdJLYlGHO
— *°* (@sammtwts_1309) May 29, 2023
Kettleborough umpire in important matches of India 🥲 pic.twitter.com/2u6tGYHBaK
— Danish (@Ecodanish) May 29, 2023
Congratulations to Australia winning WTC pic.twitter.com/s4W7Ah1RUs
— Sarthak Das🇮🇳 (@leosarthak1705) May 29, 2023
— Vipin Tiwari (@vipintiwari952) May 29, 2023
Indian fans to Umpires pic.twitter.com/6I18ZwuxPj
— Mohammed Sheriff AHS (@mohammedsheriff) May 29, 2023
When Richard Kettleborough was on-field umpire in India's knockout game -
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) May 29, 2023
2014 T20 WC Final - 🇮🇳 lost
2015 CWC SF - 🇮🇳 lost
2016 T20 WC SF - 🇮🇳 lost
2017 CT Finals - 🇮🇳 lost
2019 CWC SF - 🇮🇳 lost
When Kettleborough was TV Umpire - India lost WTC Finals! #WTCFinal#WTC23 pic.twitter.com/iOTt8yawc4
Our chances be like: pic.twitter.com/0DqBRyw8z2
— Shrey (@Shrey__123) May 29, 2023
Finally kettleborough out of the field 😄😁
— Dr. Bhaargavjyoti Thakur (@DrBhaargavjyoti) May 29, 2023
Bc phirse yeh kettleborough😭😭😭
— Subh ♡ (@subh___07) May 29, 2023
He was 3rd umpire in last final too🥲... Congratulations australia😥😥😥
— Avish verma (@Avish37862034) May 29, 2023
Here’s a look at the list of umpires for the Test Championship 2023 final:
On-Field umpires – Chris Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth
Third Umpire – Richard Kettleborough
Fourth Umpire – Kumara Dharmasena
Match Referee – Richie Richardson
Here’s a look at the squads of both the teams for the Test Championship 2023 final:
India:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Kishan (wk).
Standby- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, and Mukesh Kumar.
Australia:
Australia's Squad for the WTC final: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vice-captain), Mitchell Starc, David Warner.