: The ICC World Test Championship final date have been announced, which will take place at The Oval later this year. There will be a reserve day for the ICC World Test Championship final (12 June), which will take place at The Oval in London from June 7 to 11. At the WTC final match last year in Southampton, New Zealand defeated India by eight wickets to win the inaugural competition.

The Indore Test match is very important from India's point of view. If the Indian team wins this match, they will enter the finals of the World Test Championship. India's wait to reach the final could be a little longer if they lose this match.

If they win the Test series against Australia 2-1 or draw 2-2, India will have to depend on the result of the New Zealand-Sri Lanka series. In such a situation, India will pray that Sri Lanka lose at least one of the two matches against New Zealand.

The equation is clear for Australia as well. They need to avoid losing at least one of the two matches against India to easily reach the finals of the World Test Championship. That means, whether Australia loses the series 0-3 or 1-3, they will qualify for the final.

India bowled out for 163, leaving Australia with a target of 76. It's also stumps on Day 2. Nathan Lyon was the star with the ball for the visitors, taking 8/64 in the second innings. The innings had started with India 88 runs behind, and they lost four wickets by the time they were even, with Lyon gobbling up the top-order. There was a brief counterattack from Shreyas Iyer, who took the attack to the spinners, racing to 26 off 27 balls. But before he could really put the Aussies under pressure, Mitchell Starc was brought back and he had him caught brilliantly at midwicket by Khawaja.

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