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Australia beat India by a whopping 209-run margin in an utter display of domination in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final, which has once again raised the questions on the Indian cricket team's ability to perform in the biggest games. This was India's second successive loss in the WTC Final, having lost to New Zealand in 2021. Not just that, but India's shambolic record in the knockout stages of ICC events continues as they lost their eighth consecutive semi-final/final. Although India were chasing the game for the majority of this Test, they were actually in a really good position at Stumps on Day 4. India were 164/3 at the end of Day 4, requiring 280 more runs. Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane stood tall and had already put on 71 runs for the 4th wicket. Both players looked in great nick and it gave India and their fans a lot of hope heading into the final day of the Test. However, the batting lineup collapsed like a pack of cards in the 1st Session on Day 5, and that has seriously raised eyebrows on the Indian batsmen. MORE: What led to India's batting collapse in the WTC Final 2023? As mentioned earlier, Kohli and Rahane were batting really well at the end of Day 4 and had given India a big lifeline on Day 5 against a fiery Australian bowling attack. However, both Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara's shot selection led to their downfall and ensured that India ended Day 4 in a worse position than they would have hoped. Pujara's shot was especially horrible. It wa...

The Ashes 2023: Moeen Ali to make England Test return in series opener against Australia at Edgbaston Moeen Ali named in XI to face Australia in first Test of this summer's men's Ashes following his return to England's red-ball squad; James Anderson and Ollie Robinson also return; watch The Ashes live on Sky Sports from Friday (9.30am on air, first ball at 11am) Moeen Ali will make his first Test appearance for England in nearly two years after being named in the team to face Australia in the opening match of this year's men's Ashes. The 35-year-old answered the call from England captain Ben Stokes to return to the red-ball team after spinner Jack Leach was ruled out of this summer's five-Test series due to a stress fracture in his back. England XI to face Australia at Edgbaston Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson. "The fact that it is The Ashes and it is such a big series, to be part of it would be amazing," said Moeen, following his call-up to the squad for the first two Tests at Edgbaston and Lord's. "The exciting cricket the guys have been playing, it's an era I would have loved when I was playing [before]. Trending • Transfer Centre LIVE! Real Madrid's Bellingham explains his move... • Man Utd shares up 10 per cent but Qataris still waiting on exclusivity • US Open: Fowler leads Schauffele and chasing major records LIVE! • Bellingham pa...