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WTC Final 2023, The game ended on the third day (June 9) in the final match of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC 2023). Today, on the fourth day, Australia will start playing ahead of 123 runs for 4 wickets in their second innings. Marnus Labushen (41) and Cameron Green (7) are unbeaten. By the end of the third day's play, Australia has made a total lead of 296 runs against the Indian team.
From this point of view, Australia has made a strong hold in this match. If the Indian team has to win this match, it will have to break the 121-year-old record.
Let the fans know that this WTC final match is being played at The Oval ground in London. The record here is that the biggest target in a Test match was chased only for 263 runs. This target was also chased 121 years ago i.e. in 1902. Then England defeated Australia by 1 wicket.
Since then till now this record continues unabated on this ground of Oval. If this time the Indian team has to win the championship title, then this record will have to be broken. Although 121 years is a long time. During this time there have been many changes in the pitch. If batsmen like Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, and Ajinkya Rahane walk in this inning, then this record can be broken and India can win.
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In the WTC final, the Australian team scored 469 runs in their first innings. After this, Team India could only score 296 runs in their first innings. Due to this, Australia got a lead of 173 runs on the basis of first innings. By the end of the third day's play, Australia has made a total lead of 296 runs. Australia still has 6 wickets left on the 4th day due to which Australia can still score a lot of runs. If India has to win, it will have to break the 121-year-old record and chase down the most runs at the Oval. Let us see What is the maximum number of runs chased at The Oval?.
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