India has to play the World Test Championship final (WTC Final) match against Australia from June 7 to June 11 this year at the Oval ground in London. Before the final match of the World Test Championship against Australia, the very bad news is coming out. India’s dashing middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer will get his back surgery done so that he will be away from the cricket field for months.
Now the biggest question arises in place of Shreyas Iyer, which Indian batsman will play in the World Test Championship final (WTC Final) match against Australia from June 7 to June 11 at the Oval ground in London?
India needs a batter at number 5 in the playing eleven in place of Shreyas Iyer for the final of the World Test Championship, who can win the title in difficult conditions in England.
These two batters can replace Shreyas Iyer in the final match of the World Test Championship (WTC Final), Hanuma Vihari or Suryakumar Yadav.
Until Ravi Shastri was the head coach of Team India and Virat Kohli was the captain, Hanuma Vihari was an important part of the Indian Test team. Still, when the time came for Rohit Sharma-Rahul Dravid, Hanuma Vihari was thrown out like a fly in milk.
Hanuma Vihari is known for putting his body on the line whenever he goes to bat. Hanuma Vihari has 1 century and 5 half-centuries in 16 Test matches. Hanuma Vihari will be the trump card for Team India in the final match of the World Test Championship. In the final match of the World Test Championship, Hanuma Vihari will prove to be the most lethal weapon against the trio of Australia’s fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.
Hanuma Vihari toured Australia twice in 2018–19 and 2020–21 when India defeated Australia in both the Test series in Australia. Hanuma Vihari knows well how to score runs against the Australian pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. Hanuma Vihari can also be a useful all-rounder for Team India in the final match of the World Test Championship.
Suryakumar Yadav, who is called a ‘Mr. 360-degree’ batter can be included in the team instead of Shreyas Iyer. India played the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test Series against Australian players before the IPL. In this series, too, Suryakumar Yadav got to play instead of Shreyas Iyer. But he wasn’t so impressive in that series.
