- The Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) will start tomorrow i.e. 26 December. This match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The host team
IND vs AUS: The Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia will start tomorrow i.e. 26 December. This match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The host team has announced its playing in this match. During this time, a change has been seen in the opening pair of the team. A stormy opener has joined the team. Along with this, other big changes have also been made in the playing 11. Let us tell you how the final eleven of the host team is.
Australian team announced the fourth match between IND vs AUS
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
The Australian team has made two changes in its playing eleven (IND vs AUS) for the Boxing Day Test to be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Scott Boland, who was dropped from the team after the Pink Ball Test, has once again entered the team. He has been included in place of Josh Hazlewood.
This is because Hazelwood has been out of the last two matches due to an ankle injury. In his place, Scott Boland has been played, who was part of the Australian team against India in the second match. During that time, he had troubled the Indian batsmen a lot. He had taken 5 wickets then.
Sam Constas will make his debut
On the other hand, another young batsman has entered the team captained by Pat Cummins. Sam Constas is set to make his debut for the Australian (IND vs AUS) team against India. He will play as an opening batsman along with Usman Khawaja. It is known that before Sam Constas, the Australian team had played Nathan McSweeney as an opener.
But he could not do anything special in three matches. In such a situation, the host dropped him from the last two matches. Now a new face will be seen in his place in the playing eleven. Sam Constas will be seen making his debut on the Melbourne ground.
Sam Consta’s performance in Test cricket is excellent
Let us tell you that 19-year-old Sam Constas scored 107 runs in 97 balls in the practice match against the Indian team (IND vs AUS) in Canberra. This young Australian, who started playing red-ball cricket last year, has so far scored 718 runs in 18 innings of 11 matches at an average of 42.23. In this, he has scored two centuries and three half-centuries. In such a situation, this 19-year-old player can become a headache for Head as well as Team India.
Travis Head is also fit
It is worth noting that Travis Head, who has been suffering from injury since the Brisbane Test match, is also fit for the fourth Test (IND vs AUS) against India. Before the Boxing Day Test, he proved his fitness in practice and gave great relief to Australia. There was talk that he would not play due to injury. But he has also been included in the playing eleven. Travis Head is in top form in this series. It would not be wrong to say that he is becoming a headache for the Indian team.
IND vs AUS: See Australia’s playing 11 against India here
Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Khawaja, Sam Constance, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.