IND vs AUS: Australia’s star player is fit, will play second test against India
Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh
A five-match Test series is being played between India and Australia. Team India has won the first match of this series. Due to the victory in the first match of the series, the Indian team is leading 1-0 in this series. The Australian team looks quite troubled after a bad start in this series. Star bowler Josh Hazlewood will not play the second Test match due to injury. Meanwhile, before the second Test match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against India, Australia has got a big relief. Australia’s star all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has declared himself fit for the Test match starting in Adelaide from 6 December.
This player was included
Mitchell Marsh experienced difficulty while bowling in the second innings of the Perth Test, and after this questions were raised about his fitness for the second match. The team management included Tasmania’s uncapped all-rounder Beau Webster in his place. However, now Marsh has declared himself fit and given permission to play for the Pink Ball Test. This news is a relief for Australian cricket fans, because Josh Hazlewood is already out due to side strain. In place of Hazlewood, Australia has included Sean Abbott and uncapped Brendon Doggett in the team. Now, the fast bowling attack could include the experienced Scott Boland along with Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.
Will have to prove fitness
If Mitchell Marsh is successful in proving his fitness in the training session, he is expected to return to the playing eleven. After losing by 295 runs in Perth, Australia will not make much changes to its playing eleven. At this time, the team will try with all its strength to perform well in the next test match against India. Before this match, it is a matter of relief for Australia that Marsh is fit, and now his return can greatly benefit the team.
Squads of both the teams for the second test
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Inglis, Scott Boland, Sean Abbott, Beau Webster, Brendon Doggett.
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Sarfaraz Khan, Prasidh Krishna , Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Abhimanyu Easwaran.
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