Rahane returns as India


Middle-order batter Ajinkya Rahane has earned a recall to the squad, having not played a Test match since India's tour of South Africa over a year ago.Shreyas Iyer, who had taken Rahane's spot, misses out through a back injury. There was also no room for Suryakumar Yadav.

Suryakumar Yadav is No.1 in the ICC MRF Tyres T20I Batting Rankings and has become a regular feature in the India ODI line-up since making his debut in both formats in 2021,but is yet to secure his place in the Test team.The 32-year-old made his belated debut in the first Test against Australia in February but after making eight runs in India’s only innings was left out for the remaining three matches of the series.

Yadav later hindered rather than helped his chances in three ODIs that followed the Test series, with three successive ducks.

India’s Test squad WTC final: 
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, K L Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.

7th – 11th June 2023 (12th June  is reserve day)
The Oval, London