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Australia maintain control in the World Test Championship 2023 final as they have half the Indian side back in the hut and only tail to follow with a lead of 318 runs in hand. They did not get to where they must have visualized themselves with the bat on Day 1, but now they will look to wrap up the Indian innings and then take the lead away from their reach as much as possible. Ajinkya Rahane (29) is still in the crease, but he will need support from the other end for India to put up any fight.
Out! India's short recovery partnership comes to an end as Nathan Lyon foxes Ravindra Jadeja in his first spell and gets him caught at slip. Jadeja looked comfortable and was scoring at brisk pace alongside Ajinkya Rahane.
Out! Body blow for India as Mitchell Starc returns in his second spell and gets one to bounce extra and take Virat Kohli's edge to the slip cordon. Australia now enter the lower-middle order of India.
Out! Another one down. This time Cheteshwar Pujara makes the same mistake as Shubman Gill and ends a leaving a ball on length from Cameron Green only for it to nip back and wreck his stumps.
That's Tea on Day 2! Not the start India would have wanted as they lose both openers early. The wicket seems to have dried with brown patches underneath and that has made the bounce inconsistent when the deck is hit hard. Pat Cummins and Scott Boland has done that consistently. Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli look to rebuild the innings from here on.
Out! Double blow for India. Immediately after Rohit Sharma, India lose their second opener Shubman Gill. Gill ends up giving judgement on a ball from Scott Boland that nipped back in wrecking his furniture.
Out! First down for India. Huge blow for them considering it is the wicket of the skipper Rohit Sharma. Pat Cummins nips one back in to hit the Indian captain in front of the wicket and bags his first of the innings.
Indian Openers Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma are at the crease and look to give India some steady start. Mitchell Starc tried to surprise Rohit upfront with a bouncer but the Indian captain has tackled it well initially.
Out! That's the innings wrapped up for the Aussies. The Day 2's play has been very fast with runs and wickets flowing. Mohammed Siraj stepped up again to dismiss the Aussie skipper Pat Cummins and restricted the Aussies under 500.
Out! This time Nathan Lyon's furniture gets wrecked. Mohammed Siraj goes full and at the stumps, Lyon attempts an expansive drive and the ball goes through cleaning his stumps up.
Despite losing the toss, Australia dominated the day one of the ICC World Test Championship final. Having lost the early wicket of Usman Khawaja, Australian batters David Warner and Marnus Labuchagne laid down the foundation for solid work ahead. However, with their dismissal it felt like India were slowly coming back in the match but it was not to be. Australia batters, Travis Head, and Steve Smith smashed 157 runs to Australia in charge of the game. Australia lost their first wicket in the form of Usman Khawaja, then a small stand was formed between David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne. But once they got out, it looked like the Indian bowlers were slowly regaining hold of the match but a resilient knock from no. 5 batter, Travis Head ensured that the India remain at bay. WTC 2023 Final: Former Australian Captain Ricky Ponting Compares Batter Travis Head to All-time Great Adam Gilchrist.
Australia ended their second session at the score of 170/3 with Travis Head smashing a ton while Steve Smith registering a fifty to keep Australia on top of the Indian bowlers. The dominance began when India decided to bowl first on Day One of the WTC final at the Oval and were able to scalp only three wickets.
However, little did they know that they would be spending the next two sessions picking the ball from the boundary line as Steve Smith and Travis Head rebuilt Australia’s partnership and then went to play with the India bowlers as the pitch started to flatten out.
The conditions had become balanced, meaning that the pre-default seam movement and odd bounce would no longer help the Indian bowler and that also in turn would not be troublesome for the Australian batsmen. The final session produced 157 runs and except the edge that were short of the cordon, India did not create adequate chances. WTC 2023 Final: 'Losing Toss Was Challenging but Happy to Contribute', Says Australia's Travis Head After Slamming Century Against India.
At the end of the first day, the Australian found themselves on top of the game on day one as they ended the day at the score of 327/3 with Head and Smith forging a mammoth 251 runs partnership for the fourth wicket. This is Australia’s fourth highest partnership against India. At the end of the day, India failed to get any break despite bowling 28 balls with the new ball and will look to make the most out of second day.
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