June 5 Evening Brief: Today's Top news and headlines from cricket world

1. The Oval is one of the best batting wickets in England: Rohit Sharma

India skipper Rohit Sharma lauded the surface of The Oval and stated that it is one of the best batting wickets in England. (READ MORE)

2. Australia will be slightly favourites in WTC final: Wasim Akram

Former Pakistan international Wasim Akram believes that Australia are currently the favourite to win the WTC final as they have a really strong bowling unit. (READ MORE)

3. I don't have much confidence in KS Bharat's batting: Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh lauded Ishan Kishan’s explosive batting while criticising KS Bharat’s batting in Test cricket. Bharat has played four matches in the longest format, scoring 101 runs in the process. (READ MORE)

4. It would not surprise me if David Warner comes out and scores truckload of runs in England: Usman Khawaja

Australia international Usman Khawaja was full of praise for his opening partner David Warner and believes that the 36-year-old can score a lot of runs in the upcoming matches. (READ MORE)

5. Pat Cummins opens upon lack of game time ahead of WTC final

Australia skipper Pat Cummins is happy that the majority of his players didn’t play in the IPL 2023 ahead of the WTC final. He mentioned that it’s better to be slightly underdone than overdone. (READ MORE)

6. Josh Tongue's demolition job at Lord's draws praise from skipper Ben Stokes

England skipper Ben Stokes lauded debutant Josh Tongue, who picked up five wickets in the second innings of the one-off Test against Ireland. (READ MORE)

7. Reports: ICC to shift T20 World Cup 2024 to England from USA and West Indies

The T20 World Cup 2024 scheduled to be held in the West Indies and USA could well be shifted to a new venue. (READ MORE)

8. It will suit India if they play two spinners in WTC final against Australia: Monty Panesar

Former England international Monty Panersar wants team India to play both Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the WTC final against Australia at The Oval. (READ MORE)

9. England is the most challenging place to bat because of the sideways movement: Wasim Jaffer

Wasim Jaffer speaks about the difficulties India might face in the WTC final. He added that Australia pacers like Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins will bother Indian openers a lot. (READ MORE)

10. Virender Sehwag offers to provide 'free education' to orphaned children of Odisha Train catastrophe

Former India opener Virender Sehwag has offered to provide free education to all the children who lost their parents during the recent Odisha train accident. (READ MORE)