The Australians, led by Pat Cummins, are making their first WTC Final appearance.

"It’s really satisfying, you’ve got to win lots of games not only at home but away but the team has been excellent over the last few years and we deserve to be here in the final," Cummins said.

Australia topped the standings over the two-year cycle to qualify, but they have been forced into late changes as seam bowler Josh Hazlewood’s problems with his achilles and side failed to recover in time.

Michael Neser, who had been playing county cricket with Glamorgan in Wales last month, was drafted into the squad but he too now seems likely to miss out.

Fast bowler Scott Boland from Victoria looks set to start the match.

He made an astonishing Test entrance two years ago taking six wickets for seven runs against England on debut as Australia won the series 4-0 to retain The Ashes.

Boland is no stranger to The Oval, as he played on the ground with the Australian Indigenous side in 2018.

Australia’s openers are likely to be David Warner and Usman Khawaja which guarantees a lively start to proceedings.

All eyes will also be on Steve Smith who is set to come in at number four.

Smith was in imperious form the last time he toured England with the Australian team when he struck 774 runs in only seven innings at an average of 110.57.

India have given little away about their final line-up for what will be their second successive WTC Final.

They lost to New Zealand by eight wickets at Southampton’s Ageas Bowl in 2021.

India qualified this time with a 2-1 series victory over Australia in February to lift the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, named after Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar, two of the finest players ever to wield a bat.

"Its a very tough tournament, you have got to play consistent cricket throughout a couple of years to get here so you need all the departments to do well for you," Indian captain Rohit Sharma said.

Both squads have enjoyed a low key build-up to the match.

"Honestly, all the guys are used to playing a lot of cricket now, that is why we talk about this workload management," Sharma added.

"We try and rest players wherever we can to make sure that they are fresh for this upcoming series and things like that. This is part of the job now."

Play is set to begin at 10.30am BST, earlier than Test matches in England normally start.

The match is scheduled from June 7 to 11 but the following day has been set aside as a "reserve" day in case of bad weather.

The winners will receive $1.6 million (£1.29 million/€1.50 million) in prize money and the losing side will pick up approximately half that amount.

Both sides know The Oval well and Australia are set to return for the fifth and final Test match against England next month.

It is the oldest Test match ground in England.

It was on the same ground in 1971 that India recorded their first Test victory and their first series win on English soil.