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 run-scorers of the WTC 2021-23 cycle:
1. Joe Root (England): 1,915 runs in 22 matches
2. Usman Khawaja (Australia): 1,608 in 16 matches
3. Babar Azam (Pakistan): 1,527 runs in 14 matches
4. Marnus Labuschagne (Auatralia): 1,509 in 19 matches
5. Jonny Bairstow (England): 1,285 runs in 15 matches
6. Steve Smith (Australia): 1,252 runs in 19 matches
7. Travis Head (Australia): 1,208 runs in 17 matches
8. Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka): 1,054 runs in 12 matches
9. Litton Das (Bangladesh): 1,024 runs in 12 matches
10. Kraigg Brathwaite ,(West Indies): 994 runs in 13 matches
11. Abdullah Shafique (Pakistan): 992 runs in 12 matches
12. Ben Stokes: 971 runs 18 matches
13. Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand): 943 runs in 10 matches
14. Tom Latham (New Zealand): 939 runs in 12 matches
15. Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka): 958 runs in 10 matches
16. Imam-ul-Haq (Pakistan): 932 runs in 9 matches
17. Temba Bavuma (South Africa): 900 runs 12 matches
18. Zak Crawley (England): 894 runs in 17 matches
19. Cheteshwar Pujara (India): 887 runs 16 matches
20. Devon Conway (New Zealand): 884 runs in 11 matches
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