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Strong India Have All Bases Covered for WTC Final: Parthiv Patel

The Quint
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India have all the bases covered for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand, said former wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel. Parthiv said that the fact that a batsman like KL Rahul is not finding a place in the squad shows how strong the batting lineup is.

"If we talk about batsmen -- Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant -- there's a proper band of proper batsmen who can bat well in England. Everyone scored runs, and there is a spare batsman in KL Rahul. Imagine KL Rahul not finding a space in the Test squad, so how strong this squad could be," Patel told Star Sports.

The WTC final is set to be held at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from 18-22 June. Patel said that India have a strong base of fast bowlers and spinners to pick from.

"You talk about fast bowlers, we've got (Jasprit) Bumrah, Ishant (Sharma), (Mohammad) Shami and if either of them is not fit then there's Mohammad Siraj and Umesh Yadav. There's enough depth in the squad," he said.

"Then there is Axar Patel, who was probably been the man of the match in a lot of matches against England. He came in place of Ravindra Jadeja and it felt like Jadeja will be out. Now Ravindra Jadeja and (Ravichandran) Ashwin will be back, so I think this squad looks really strong," said Patel.

India’s Test Squad For WTC Final and England Tests

  1. Rohit Sharma

  2. Shubman Gill

  3. Mayank Agarwal

  4. Cheteshwar Pujara

  5. Virat Kohli (Captain)

  6. Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain)

  7. Hanuma Vihari

  8. Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper)

  9. R. Ashwin

  10. Ravindra Jadeja

  11. Axar Patel

  12. Washington Sundar

  13. Jasprit Bumrah

  14. Ishant Sharma

  15. Mohd. Shami

  16. Md. Siraj

  17. Shardul Thakur

  18. Umesh Yadav

  19. KL Rahul (subject to fitness clearance)

  20. Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; subject to fitness clearance).

Standby players: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla

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