Watch: Rohit Sharma almost falls while walking out for the toss in WTC final

Team India captain Rohit Sharma once again smiled on social media as he walked into the middle of the park for the toss at the Oval in London on Wednesday. India and Australia are locking horns with each other in the World Test Championship Final (WTC) 2023.

While coming down for the toss, Rohit lost his balance for a moment and almost tripped on the stairs. A video of the incident is currently going viral, in which the Indian captain can be seen losing his balance.

Watch the video here:

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Coming into the match, Australian batsmen Steve Smith and Travis Head dominated the Indian bowlers for the better part of the second session of the World Test Championship 2023 final. The Oval in London on Wednesday.

At tea, Australia reached a healthy 170/3 with Travis Head and Steve Smith at the crease with scores of 60(75)* and 33(102)* respectively. India started the second session the same way they had done the first, with pacer Mohammed Shami sending back Marnus Labuschagne for 26 (62).

Shami bowled a delivery on his very first ball after lunch that pitched right, prompting a drive off Labuschagne. However, he missed the ball completely as it sneaked through his defense and broke the bails.

In-form Travis Head then joined Smith at the crease and then the left- and right-arm duo picked up the pace. Both the batsmen indicated their intent to keep the scoring going, finding boundaries in every over. In the first 10 overs of the second session, both the batsmen hit a total of seven fours.

For the next four overs, Australia struggled to keep the scoreboard moving. However, they regained the momentum in the 38th over, with Shardul Thakur bowling two no-balls and hitting three fours.

As India managed to rein in the Australian scoring rate, Travis Head completed his 50 off 60 balls with one four. Australia’s score was 160/3 at the end of 44 overs.
In the next seven overs, Australia managed to score just 10 runs, ending the second session at 170/3.

Earlier, India managed to strike early after sending back-to-back few maiden overs. Australia opened their account with a double run by David Warner on the 16th ball of their innings.

With the pressure on the Australian openers to keep the scoreboard ticking, Usman Khawaja fell for a 10-ball duck, with Mohammad Siraj being dismissed by wicketkeeper Shrikar Bharat.

Siraj got one to the southpaw slightly away and Bharat managed to capture a regulatory delivery.

Marnus Labuschagne arrived at the crease at No.3 and the Australian’s nerves in the dressing room in Warner’s company began to settle.

However, the duo of Siraj and Shami kept Warner and Labuschagne on a leash, bowling accurate line and length with the occasional bumper. Australia managed to reach the score of 50 runs in 14.5 overs.

Warner, however, took the pressure off the Australian batsmen by taking 16 runs off Umesh Yadav in the 16th over. The experienced Indian pacer hit four fours in a single over, giving the Aussies some much-needed momentum in their innings.

Labuschagne survived a confident LBW shout from the Indians and drenched in all the pressure that was brought on him to bear. Warner was in sight of another half-century when all-rounder Shardul Thakur took an edge from his willow which was safely caught by wicket-keeper Bharat. Warner’s fine innings was stopped for 43 runs in 60 balls. (With ANI inputs)