Two of the top-ranked teams - India and Australia - will square off in the second edition of the World Test Championship final at a neutral venue which will make the contest even more compelling. It will be for the first time in two decades that India and Australia will lock horns in an ICC tournament final. The last time these two sides locked horns in an ICC final was in 2003 when Australia defeated India in the ODI World Cup final. The 2023 WTC final will be played between June 7 and June 11 at The Oval, London.
India finished runners-up in the last edition of WTC as they lost the final against New Zealand. This time, Rohit Sharma's brigade would look to cross the final hurdle and bring an end to their ICC trophy drought.
Ahead of the big-ticket finale, let's take a look at the leading wicket-takers of the WTC 2021-23 cycle:
1. Nathan Lyon (Australia): 83 wickets in 19 matches
2. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa): 67 wickets in 13 matches
3. Ravichandran Ashwin (India): 61 wickets in 13 matches
4. James Anderson (England): 58 wickets in 15 matches
5. Ollie Robinson (England): 53 wickets in 13 matches
6. Pat Cummins (Australia): 53 wickets in 15 matches
7. Mitchell Starc (Australia): 51 wickets in 16 matches
8. Tim Southee (New Zealand): 50 wickets in 13 matches
9. Jack Leach (England): 48 wickets in 16 matches
10. Jasprit Bumrah (India): 45 wickets in 10 matches
11. Marco Jansen (South Africa): 44 wickets in 11 matches
12. Ravindra Jadeja (India): 43 wickets in 12 matches
13. Stuart Broad (England): 43 wickets in 11 matches
14. Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan): 41 wickets in 8 matches
15. Mohammed Shami (India): 41 wickets in 12 matches
16. Alzarri Joseph (West Indies): 41 wickets in 10 matches
17. Ramesh Mendis (Sri Lanka): 38 wickets in 8 matches
18. Kemar Roach (West Indies): 37 wickets in 11 matches
19. Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka): 33 wickets in 5 matches
20: Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh): 33 wickets in 10 matches
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