A calf injury forced Josh Hazlewood to miss being part of Australia's World Test Championship win two years ago and the fast bowler is keen to avoid a second such heartbreak as they defend their WTC title next week.

The story of a drawn Ashes series in England, series sweeps against Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, being Shamar Josephed in Brisbane, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series win

India were up against Australia in the final of the second WTC held at The Oval. Rohit Sharma won the toss and put Australia to bat first and after some early success with the ball, India ran into Travis Head and Steve Smith.