Ravindra Jadeja in action. (FILE) Former England cricketer Nasser Hussain snubbed Indian star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja from his India vs Australia combined XI ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final, starting on June 7 at the Oval.
Speaking on ICC Review, Hussain said, “If the World Test Championship Final was in the subcontinent or India, I might go with Jadeja at six. But I’m not, because it’s in England.”
“I’m going to go for a bowling all-rounder, seam-bowler in Cameron Green. That’s who I want as my all-rounder. My spin bowler would be Ravi Ashwin at eight. And he bats, obviously, very good at No.8,” he added.
Speaking about his other choices, the former England skipper said, “Rohit Sharma, very easy, top of the order and captain for me. I love the way Rohit captains.”
“I’d like to have Shubman (Gill) in but I think it’s just a little bit early for him to break into my combined XI, so I’m going to go with Usman Khawaja to open the batting. Then into the very easy bit, three of the all-time world greats in (Marnus) Labuschagne, (Steve) Smith and (Virat) Kohli come in at three, four, five,” he added.
Nasser Hussain’s combined India-Australia XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Mohammad Shami.
India lost to New Zealand in the previous WTC final in 2021 by eight wickets at the Rose Bowl in Southampton
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