Shastri’s outrageous ‘Team India’ comment for the WTC Final: “If your fast-bowling quality isn’t good, guys are older”

Prior to Team India’s World Test Championship match versus Australia, Ravi Shastri had a risky proposition.

The World Test Championship final between June 7 and June 11 will feature Team India taking on Australia, making it one of the greatest matches of the 2023 cricket season. India will compete for the coveted title for the second time in a row in the final, which will take place at the Oval in England; they lost to New Zealand in the inaugural final in 2021. Rohit Sharma’s team will be looking to move past the final agony from two years ago next month. India had qualified for the final after winning a home series against the Aussies earlier this year.

“India performed admirably in England the previous time around because you had Bumrah, Shami, Shardul Thakur, and Mohammed Siraj. You therefore had four fast bowlers. One of them, Shardul, is an all-around player,” Shastri stated in the ICC Review.

This would be my combo if everything at The Oval remains as it should, but you need to be of a certain calibre to be able to beat those men out of the park.