Delhi: Australia has announced its playing eleven for the day-night Test match against India to be played in Adelaide on 6 December. One change has been made in the team, where star pacer Scott Boland has been included in place of fast bowler Josh Hazlewood. Cricket Australia (CA) has informed that Hazlewood is out of this match due to injury. Although his injury is not serious, the team management has decided not to put him at risk.
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On the other hand, Scott Boland has played 10 test matches so far, in which he has taken 35 wickets at an average of 20.34. This will be his first Test match after Ashes 2023, because he did not get a chance to play due to the presence of Pete Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. Meanwhile, Mitchell Marsh has retained his place in the playing eleven.
Australia’s playing eleven for the second test match against India is as follows –
Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
For your information, let us tell you that India defeated Australia by 295 runs in the first test match of the series played in Perth and took a 1-0 lead.