Injury concern for India as Rohit Sharma's thumb wrapped in bandage before WTC 2023 final

Ahead of the World Test Championship 2023 final against Australia, the Indian Test team is potentially facing an injury concern, with the captain Rohit Sharma having his left thumb wrapped in a bandage.

During the optional practice session, several key players including Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, and Shardul Thakur were absent and did not participate in the practice. While Rohit Sharma, KS Bharat, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Umesh Yadav attended the practice session.

However, Rohit encountered an incident where he was struck on his left thumb while batting, leading to him receiving a bandage for the injury. Initially, he continued practicing despite the incident, but eventually, he decided to discontinue. Later on, Rohit Sharma removed the bandage from his thumb.


The WTC 2023 final will begin at 3 pm IST from June 7 till June 11 at the Oval, London, a reserve day is also in place if the weather intervenes to spoil the sport.

India's squad for WTC final: 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).

Suryakumar Yadav, Mukesh Kumar and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been named as stand-by players for the high-stakes match.

Australia squad for WTC final: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, David WarnerStandby players: Mitch Marsh, and Matthew Renshaw.