Ind vs Aus: Injury updates before 3rd test of India vs Australia and final Squads: Australia is currently playing a four-match test series against India on Indian soil. This tour for Australians has been a nightmare till now and seems like it will continue to haunt them till the completion of the series. The visitors are having numerous injuries one after another. This article will let you through the injury updates of the India and Australia teams ahead of 3rd test.
Australia is experiencing setback after setback in this India tour. Right now, half of the Test team is either injured or unable to participate. Key batsman David Warner has been ruled out of the rest of the test matches due to an injury that he conceded during the first innings of the second test.
Australian pace core, Josh hazelwood, and Mitch Starc were unfit to play the first 2 tests and now the former has been ruled out of the rest of the matches. Skipper flew back to Australia due to family health issues and a lot more. Let’s discuss all of them:
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Ind vs Aus: Injury Updates ahead 3rd test
Amid preparations for the third test in Indore, Australia have been really pushed hard on the backfoot by those major blows. Before the series started, India too had a few concerns like Bumrah and Rishabh Pant but India never felt an absence of those guys and this shows the bench strength and talent in the Indian camp.
Australia, on the other hand, appears helpless at this stage as they have already lost the Border Gavaskar trophy by losing the first two games, and now they have suffered a further setback with the departure of Pat Cummins from the third test. Now, it’s important to consider whether Australia can still survive or win the final two tests or accept a series loss of 4-0.
- Injury notes:-
1- David Warner was ruled out of the remaining two test matches of BGT.
2- Josh Hazelwood ruled out of the India tour
3- Pat Cummins ruled out of the third test
4- Aston Agar flew back to Australia
5- Cameron Green is fit to play third but Starc is doubtful
6- Jaydev Unadkat Joined the Indian Squad.
In absence of the regular skipper, Steven Smith will lead the Australian side in the third test of the Ind vs Aus Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Before the third Test, which begins on March 1, the India cricket team has gathered in Indore today. Team India took a pause in the Border Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-0 lead after wrapping up the Delhi Test in just three days. But Rohit Sharma and company are returning to complete the series’ formalities after a brief 6-day break. Jaydev Unadkat, who helped Saurashtra lift the Ranji Trophy, will also be practicing with Team India on Sunday at the Holkar Stadium.
Ind vs Aus: Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Cheteshawar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Shami, Umesh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd Siraj.
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland, Travis Head, Mitchell Swepson, Mitchell Starc, Cameron Green, Lance Morris, Matthew Kuhnemann
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