Australia suffers a big setback in the second Test against India, now Josh Hazlewood is out due to injury
Josh Hazlewood Ruled Out: The host Australia cricket team, which is already trailing 0-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has suffered a major setback. In Perth, their best bowler Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the second Test against India in Adelaide.
The Australia cricket team is already trailing 0-1 in the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy and now has suffered a major setback. Their best bowler Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the second Test India vs Australia in Adelaide due to a side strain in Perth. The tall fast bowler took five wickets in the first match and his excellent control troubled the Indian batsmen a lot. Cricket Australia has announced the replacement for Josh Hazlewood. Sean Abbott and Brendan Doggett have been included in the team squad in his place.
Josh Hazlewood bowled 34 overs in the Perth Test and gave away just 57 runs. Australian captain Pat Cummins gave away 67 runs in the first innings itself and if it wasn't for Hazlewood, India wouldn't have been all out for 150 runs. In the second innings where India scored almost 500 runs, Hazlewood gave away just 28 runs in 21 overs. He unfortunately had to be ruled out of the Pink Ball Test in Adelaide due to a side strain, which was unfortunate for Australia.
Cricket Australia announced Hazlewood's replacement. Sean Abbott and Brendan Doggett have been included in the squad. Doggett is a fine bowler, Abbott improved his batting a lot in the last few years and now he is considered a bowling all-rounder. Both of these right-arm pacers didn't feature in any match so far. Abbott has played 46 matches for Australia in limited-over cricket, but never in Test cricket.
Australia lost Cameron Green even before the series began. At the same time, Mitchell Marsh, who bowled 17 overs in Perth, took three wickets and scored 53 runs, is also uncertain about playing in the India vs Australia second Test. Beau Webster was included in Australia's team in his place. Now Cummins has also lost his best bowler in the form of Hazelwood.
Australia's team for the second Test against India: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster, Sean Abbott, Brendan Doggett.
