India recall Rahane for WTC final

Ajinkya Rahane earned a recall on Tuesday to India’s squad for the World Test Championship final against Australia in June.

Indian selectors named a 15-man squad led by skipper Rohit Sharma for the title clash at The Oval on June 7-11.

Batsman Rahane, who last played a Test in January 2022, makes a comeback after an excellent showing in the IPL.

The usually sedate Rahane has surprised with a newfound explosiveness and has a strike-rate of over 199 in five IPL match-es this season.

It will be India’s second WTC final after they lost the decider to New Zealand in the inaugural edition in 2021.

Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, K.L. Rahul, K.S. Bharat (wk), Ravi-chandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami,

Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat