Australia playing 11 for 3rd Test vs India – BGT 2024-25
Australia have announced their strong playing 11 for the third test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India with only one change to their playing 11. Let’s look at Australia playing 11 for 3rd Test vs India.
Scott Boland, who was given the chance to play in place of injured Josh Hazlewood in the second game had to make way for Hazlewood after the pacer regained full fitness.
After losing the first Test at Perth, the Aussie made a solid comeback in the 5-match series and defeated India by 10 wickets during the day-night pink ball Test at Adelaide to level series 1-1.
Indian batters were only managed to score 345 runs in their two innings at Adelaide, and with the pitch at Gabba also favours the pacers much, it will another exciting contest, as the Rohit Sharma-led side also seeking a comeback to take lead in the series.
Travis Head made a difference in the second Test with his splendid 140-run knock during the first innings of the pink-ball Test to provide Australia a lead by 157 runs.
Speedster Mitchell Starc bagged eight wickets in the clash, including a six-wicket haul. However, India’s Jasprit Bumrah is leading the charts of most wickets in the series with 12 in two matches. While Travis Head is the current top run-scorer with 240 runs.
Josh Hazlewood’s return has strengthened the Aussie pace attack; let’s take a look at the Australia’s playing 11 for the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test.
Australia squad for Gabba Test
Batters: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Travis Head
Wicketkeeper: Alex Carey
All-rounders: Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh
Bowlers: Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
The third BGT Test will begin on December 14 and the live telecast will be available to watch on Star Sports Channels, while the live streaming can be viewed at Disney+Hotstar.
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