On Wednesday, June 11, the highly-anticipated battle for the prestigious Test mace will commence at the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground in London.

While Australia will be entering the summit clash as the defending champions, whereas Temba Bavuma-led South Africa will take the field on the back of some brilliant home and away season.

On the eve of the , during the pre-match press conference, while the two skippers announced their playing XIs, the Aussie skipper also caught the attention for his comments over Protean pace spearhead,

It's not really our style: Pat Cummins drops straight response; denies of sledging Rabada for his drug ban

During the pre-match presser, when a journalist inquired Cummins of his side sledging the Protean pacer over his drug ban, Cummins was quick to put it down and responded stating, "It's not really our style. I'd be surprised if that came up." It is to be noted that Rabada served a recreational ban after his tests returned positive for a drug usage from the SA20 2025.

While his ban was only for a month, he left his Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 franchise, Gujarat Titans (GT) midway through the tournament and then returned before the Shubman Gill-led side took on Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium last month.

South Africa vs Australia WTC 2025 Final Playing XI

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verrynne, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh HazlewoodVaidehi Singh