IND vs AUS: Australia announced its playing 11 for the Pink Ball Test, this player returned after 519 days
IND vs AUS Pink Ball Test: The second match of the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia from December 6 at the Adelaide Oval. pink ball All eyes are on the performance of the host team regarding this Test match to be played from 2017, which had to face a one-sided defeat by 295 runs in the first match of this series. In such a situation, the Australian team captained by Pat Cummins will try to level the series 1-1 by winning the Adelaide Test. Australia has announced a change in its playing 11 for the Adelaide Test match after the defeat in the Perth Test match.
Captain Pat Cummins confirms the return of Scott Boland
After the end of the Perth Test match, the Australian team suffered a big blow when their most important fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was ruled out before the Adelaide Test due to not being completely fit. Now in his place, a day before the second Test, host team captain Pat Cummins has confirmed in the press conference that Scott Boland has been included in the playing 11. Apart from this change, there has been no other change in the Australian team. Scott Boland played his last Test match during the Ashes series held in the year 2023, after which now after 519 days, he has once again been included in the playing 11 of the Australian Test team.
Scott Boland has played 2 test matches against India so far
If we talk about Scott Boland, he has played only 10 Test matches in his career so far, out of which he has got to play 2 against the Indian team. During this period, Boland has taken 5 wickets at an average of 27.80. For the first time, Boland will take the field to play a Test match against India at home. If we talk about Boland’s career so far, he has taken 35 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 20.34, in which only once he will be successful in taking 5 wickets in an innings.
Australian team’s playing 11 for the pink ball test match against India
Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
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