IND vs AUS Indore Test: Border Gavaskar Trophy – Under fire after losing two Tests in 6 days, Australia Test Team has chosen to return home instead of more practice in India. As of Tuesday, 8 days before the Indore Test, half of Australia team has returned home. Matt Renshaw is the latest to join Australia’s homecoming party along with Lance Morris. Captain Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar and David Warner are the others to return home already. Follow India vs Australia LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Who are returning home?
- Pat Cummins (Family medical emergency)
- David Warner (Elbow injury)
- Ashton Agar (Out of favour)
- Josh Hazlewood (Achilles Injury)
- Todd Murphy (Side Strain)
- Mitchell Swepson (Already in Australia)
- Lance Morris
- Matthew Renshaw
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IND vs AUS: HALF of Australia Test Team RETURN HOME after losing Border Gavaskar Trophy in 6 days, Matt Renshaw also joins HOMECOMING party, Check OUT
With Cummins back home due to a family medical emergency, he has teammates on the flight too. David Warner who is ruled out of the remaining Border Gavaskar Trophy with elbow injury is returning. Josh Hazlewood is also out with an Achilles problem. Ashton Agar is returning home as the team management does not have any plans for him in the series. Instead, he will play in the Sheffield Shield.
Toddy Murphy is fighting a side strain while Mitchell Swepson is already in Australia for the birth of his child. Pacer Lance Morris is also looking to play in Sheffield Shield as Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green are fit to play.
- Pat Cummins is returning home due to some serious family health issues.
- Josh Hazlewood will also now reportedly join his skipper on his way back Down Under.
- Opener David Warner is also doubtful for the remaining of BGT.
- Warner suffered a concussion and a hairline fracture in Delhi Test.
- After a bouncer from Mohammed Siraj dealt the Aussie opener a blow, Matt Renshaw was introduced by visitors as a concussion substitute in 2nd Test.
- While the pacer Josh Hazlewood just warmed the bench for visitors in the opening two matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
IND vs AUS: HALF of Australia Test Team RETURN HOME after losing Border Gavaskar Trophy in 6 days, Matt Renshaw also joins HOMECOMING party, Check OUT
As many as 19 players have been part of the Australia squad so far. But Australia have lost the series in just six days. They suffered a humiliating an innings and 132-run defeat in Nagpur Test. India wrapped up Delhi Test also in 3 days with a 6-wicket win. As the
Nineteen different players have been part of the squad over the first three weeks of the tour. Two of them (Cameron Green and Josh Hazlewood) have been unavailable for both Tests, two more (Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Swepson) have been available for just one Test each and another (Matthew Kuhnemann) played in Delhi despite not being in the original 18-man group.
Australia coach Andrew McDonald declared that a freshly revised squad will be announced on Wednesday as they go through changes.
“We’re working through that so it won’t be form as such but there’s cricket going on back home. With a few players now becoming fit and available, are we carrying too many? “We’ve got to be clear on what we want to achieve in the next two Test matches in terms of the structure of the team. There’s an opportunity for players to be playing cricket back home and we value that,” McDonald said.
Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner
IND vs AUS: HALF of Australia Test Team RETURN HOME after losing Border Gavaskar Trophy in 6 days, Matt Renshaw also joins HOMECOMING party, Check OUT
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