Wisden names the ICC World Test Championship XI

The ICC World Test Championship has reached its business end during the India and England series. The Finals of the championship will be played between India and New Zealand on June 18 at The New Rose Bowl, Southampton in England.

Coming to the point, we are here to see the World Test Championship XI picked by Wisden. But unfortunately, they didn't add the Indian skipper Virat Kohli to the list and have the New Zealand captain Kane Williamson on it.

They have picked Rohit Sharma and Dimuth Karunaratne as the openers. The Indian all-format opener has amassed 1030 runs in the ICC Test Championship that he played at an average of around 65 that includes 2 half-centuries and 4 hundred to his name.

The Sri Lankan skipper, Dimuth Karunaratne has piled up 999 runs just one run short of the one thousand marks and has four fifties and 4 hundred respectively.

At No.3, Marnus Labuschagne has been added as he got 1675 runs that he played at an average of well above the '70s with 9 half-centuries and 5 hundred to his account.

Steve Smith will handle the middle-order duties as he comes at No.4 followed by Kane Williamson who has handed the leadership duties.

Rishabh Pant has got a slot in the XI:

The Indian wicket-keeper batsman has got the slot in the XI after showing some fabulous performance in the ICC Test Championship. The left-handed batsman has an aggregate of 662 runs that he played at an average of 41.38 including a hundred to his name.

Following him, the lanky pacer from New Zealand, Kyle Jamieson has been added to the list who has scalped 36 wickets to his bag.

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The spin department will be handled by none other than experienced Ravichandran Ashwin who can give the breakthrough whenever the team needs.

The fast bowling unit has the services of one of the world's best bowler Pat Cummins who can go through any best batting line-up with his pace and swing.

Another pacer on the list is Stuart Broad from England. Surprisingly, they didn't add the legendary bowler James Anderson to the list.