Michael Hussey feels it is “hard to see past Virat Kohli” if India are to win the World Test Championship final against Australia at the Oval in London from June 7.

Besides Kohli, skipper Rohit Sharma will be key to India’s chances in the WTC final, the former Australia batter said.

“It’s hard to see past Virat Kohli. He (Kohli) is obviously coming back into some great form again in all forms of the game really, so both he and Rohit Sharma with the bat are going to be important for India,” Hussey told the ICC website.

Kohli is back to his best and recently scored back-to-back hundreds in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli has reached the UK along with some other team members and they are training at the Kent Cricket Ground.

India recently won the home series against Australia but the WTC final will be a different ball game, reckons Hussey.

“It is going to be played in England, so English conditions will be different to the recent series in India, so I think the fast bowlers are going to be important.”

Jaiswal on stand-by

Calcutta: Yashasvi Jaiswal has been included in India’s World Test Championship (WTC) final squad as a stand-by in Ruturaj Gaikwad’s place.

Since Gaikwad — who is getting married on June 3 — will not be able to join the squad during that period, the BCCI decided to draft in Jaiswal as one of the three reserve cricketers for the WTC final at The Oval.

The left-handed opener, having a very successful IPL for Rajasthan Royals, is yet to make his India debut but has a superb first-class average of 80.21 from 15 games.

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