India vs Australia Live Score, WTC final: Siraj gets Khawaja for duck

Siraj bowls it slightly short and it comes at a great pace and knocks Labuschagne on his gloves. The bat drops from his hand and he screams in pain.

Labuschange receives treatment and is once again ready to go.

Slightly wide by Siraj and David Warner opens his arms to whack it for a FOUR over third slip.

He then times is sweetly again on the on-side, which results in three runs. AUS: 16/1

Shami starts with a loud LBW appeal against Warner, but decides not to opt for a review. 

He then pitches it slightly full later in the over, which is timed sweetly by Warner and he completes three runs. 

The wicketkeeper then fails to collect a ball left by the batter in the fifth delivery, which results in a single in the form of byes. AUS: 8/1

Usman Khawaja is taking his time and the pressure was building, which results in his wicket. 

Siraj pitches it on the off stump line, length ball and it takes the edge of Usman Khawaja before settling in KS Bharat's gloves. He falls for 0. 

Marnus Labuschagne walks in. AUS: 4/1 in 4 overs. 

A back of a length ball by Shami and Warner jumps and gets on top of it. Plays it with soft hands and the ball rolls away towards mid-wicket. Warner runs a double. 

The second one has some bounce and it almost takes the edge of Warner's bat. Good stuff from Shami. AUS: 2/0 

Mohammed Siraj shares the new ball with Shami. He is mostly bowling it away from the left hander Usman Khawaja.

Meanwhile, two overs have been bowled and Australia are yet to open their account. AUS: 0/0

Mohammed Shami with a good start, gets almost every ball angled towards Warner, who as expected starts thing cautiously. 

Maiden over to start with. AUS: 0/0

It's a good toss to win and put Australia in the backfoot right from the word go. Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami have been enjoying good form and Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur will also hope for a strong show. 

The Australian batting line-up consist David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, and Pat Cummins. After them we move to the tailenders, which feature Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.

Rohit Sharma: “We are going to bowl. The conditions and also the weather being overcast. The pitch won't change too much. Four seamers and one spinner. The spinner is Jadeja. It's always tough (to leave Ashwin), he's been a match-winner. He (Rahane) brings a lot of experience, he's played 80-odd Tests.”

Pat Cummins: “We would have bowled as well. Hopefully day four and five, there's a bit of spin. You think it suits his bowling, he'll be a key weapon. We've been here for about 10 days. Pretty fresh, weather has been nice, we haven't missed a session, feeling good.”

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

Australia are yet to beat India in a Test series in nearly 9 years. 

However, this one-off Test gives them a good chance to settle old scores and take away the beautiful mace.

Three players have been toiling hard at County Championship and they will play a key role in their team's success. 

Cheteshwar Pujara is the lone Indian among the three, while the other two are Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith.

If Rohit Sharma manages to lead the team to a World Test Championship title, it'll be the first multi team ICC trophy for India in 10 years. 

If India manages to do so, they will also be awarded a hefty prize money of $1.6 million.

Australia captain Pat Cummins is wary of climate activists disrupting the proceedings of World Test Championship in London. 

The Australian team busby  was stopped "Just Stop Oil" protesters near the venue as Cummins and Co. were on the way for training.    

Last week a similar group of protesters had held the England team bus when they were on the way to Lord's for the one-off Test against Ireland.

The same group had halted the world snooker championship and the English Premiership rugby final in recent months.

As per a report by ESPNcricinfo, taking cognizance of the recent disruptions by the “Just Stop Oil” protesters a back-up pitch has been prepared at The Oval.

While the chances of Ravichandran Ashwin being part of the playing XI remains uncertain, but if he is included we can see the carrom-ball specialist chasing a personal milestone. 

Ashwin stands three scalps away from completing 700 international wickets. He is currently the third-highest wicket-taker for India across all formats.

The last time India played at this venue they secured a handsome 157-run victory over England in 2021. This was under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. 

Australia, on the other hand, had endured a 135-run defeat in the 2019 Ashes Test at this venue.

India, who are visiting Oval after a gap of almost two years will hope for a repeat under new skipper Rohit Sharma. 

This is the second time, India have reached the finals of WTC final. The last time India endured a tough eight-wicket defeat against New Zealand.

Then Virat Kohli-led unit had started as the marginal favorite, considering the conditions in England. As expected a seamer, Kyle Jamieson rose to the occasion, and picked a total of seven wickets in both innings combined in a neutral venue – Southampton.

Apart from Jamieson, the Kiwi pace battery comprising – Tim Southee, Trent Boult, and Neil Wagner – had dictated the proceedings folding India for 217 and 170 in both the innings.