Australia showed courage, 2 big changes in the playing XI of the fourth test

New Delhi. Australia has announced its playing eleven for the Boxing Day Test against India. Travis Head has been declared fit for this match. This in-form batsman was in doubt about playing in this important match due to quad strain during the Gabba Test match. his/her absence would have been a big blow for the home team as Head has scored 2 centuries so far.

Australia’s vice-captain scored a brilliant 140 runs in 141 balls in the pink-ball Test in Adelaide, helping Australia win by 10 wickets. he/she also scored another century in Brisbane. Opening batsman Sam Constas will make his/her career debut while Scott Boland will replace injured Josh Hazlewood in the playing eleven. Constas has replaced Nathan McWhinney, who flopped in the first two tests. Hazlewood has been ruled out of the series due to calf injury.

Boland played the pink-ball test and took 5 wickets. This right-arm fast bowler had dismissed Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Mohammad Siraj. Australia captain Pat Cummins said, “Travis is ready to play, he/she will play. he/she did some last things today and yesterday. There is no concern about Travis’s injury. he/she will enter the game fully fit. I don’t think you will need much management of them during the game. he/she will just play like that. “Maybe while fielding, if he/she feels a little uncomfortable, we will manage him/her, but he/she is completely fit.”

Australia’s playing eleven:
Pat Cummins (captain), Sam Constas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.

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