Forward of the Boxing Day Take a look at in opposition to India, Australia are sweating on the provision of their star batsman Travis Head. The left-hander has confirmed to be a giant headache for India throughout codecs up to now 12 months and has scored centuries at Adelaide and Brisbane. With the collection poised 1-1, Australia are hoping Head can be accessible to take the sector on the MCG.
In keeping with experiences from Down Beneath, Travis Head is unsure to play due to a quad pressure as Australia head coach Andrew McDonald remained hopeful that he would clear the health take a look at.
“There’s no concern for the time being,” McDonald stated. “Has Travis Head been formally ticked off? I’m unsure. I didn’t see the form of again finish of his coaching session there, however I’m fairly assured he’ll play. It’ll simply be mainly what danger is related to that. He had a small pressure to the quad. However no issues from my finish, he’s been capable of do his working, so I feel it’d be absolutely useful come recreation time,” he added.
Travis Head who selected to not prepare on Monday, had a brief stint on Tuesday, and obtained throwdowns for 20 minutes earlier than having an extended dialog with McDonald and physio Nick Jones earlier than heading again to the dressing room.
Thus far on this Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Head has scored 409 runs at a median of 81.80 as India’s assault has struggled to maintain the left-hander in management. Although the remainder of Australia batsmen continued to fret by Jasprit Bumrah, Head has been an exception to it.
In case Travis Head doesn’t clear the health take a look at, Australia’s white-ball keeper Josh Inglis is prone to are available as a batter for his Take a look at debut.
McDonald has additionally confirmed that opener Sam Konstas would make his debut instead of Nathan McSweeney on the MCG.
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