IND vs AUS: Australia announced playing 11 for Boxing Day Test, situation regarding Travis Head also clarified
Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Australia announced its playing 11 for the Boxing-Day Test match.
AUS vs IND Boxing Day Test Match: Australia has announced its playing 11 for the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 being played against India. There have been two major changes in the playing 11 of the Australian team for this Test match to be played from Boxing Day i.e. 26th December at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. While Team India had won the first match of this Test series, in the second match, host Australia made a brilliant comeback and leveled the series at 1-1. The third match of this series played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane ended in a draw. Now everyone’s eyes are fixed on the last Test match of the series to be played on the Melbourne grounds.
Travis Head declared fit for Boxing-Day Test match
Australian team captain Pat Cummins, in the press conference held a day before the Boxing Day Test match, while giving information about two changes in the playing 11, also made it clear that Travis Head has passed the fitness test for this match. . So far, if any one batsman has seen dominance in this series, it is Travis Head, who has scored 409 runs in 5 innings at an average of 81.80. After the end of the Gabba Test match, many questions were being raised about Head’s fitness but he has definitely worked to provide relief to the Australian team to prove his fitness for the Melbourne Test.
Constas will debut and Boland will return.
If we talk about the playing 11 of the Australian team for the Boxing Day Test match against India, two major changes have been seen in it. 19-year-old player Sam Constas has got a chance to debut in international cricket in place of opening batsman Nathan McSweeney, who did not perform well with the bat in the first three matches. Apart from this, Scott Boland has returned to the team in place of fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who is now out of this entire series.
Here is the playing 11 of the Australian team for the Boxing Day Test match against India.
Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
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