No Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma In Sanjay Manjrekar's India XI For WTC Final

Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has picked only one specialist spinner in Ravichandra Ashwin and dropped pace spearhead Ishant Sharma in his India XI for the World Test Championship (WTC) final

Middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari too finds a place in Manjrekar's team. The 27-year-old, who is currently playing for county side Warwickshire, had battled through pain to save the third Test against Australia in Sydney this year.

"Going to have Hanuma Vihari to reward him for his brilliant innings before he got injured in Sydney. India will need somebody with more compact defensive technique because the guys at the top of the order, barring Cheteshwar Pujara, aren't those kinds," he said.

"So, I will have Hanuma Vihari at number 6. [Rishabh] Pant at 7, considering India have hardly had any practice game. I just want to make sure the batting runs deep."

Manjrekar's India XI: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj