AUS vs IND | Sydney Test under threat as areas near SCG put on alert
Cricket | Jan 01, 2021, 06:39 PM ISTThe areas of Berala and Smithfield, which are just 30-odd kilometres from the SCG have been put on alert.
The areas of Berala and Smithfield, which are just 30-odd kilometres from the SCG have been put on alert.
For Akhtar, post Mohammed Asif and Muhammed Aamir, Bumrah is the "smartest operator" in terms of intelligence.
Sydney Test will be Rohit's first Test appearance since November last year. He was injured for the New Zealand Test series in February.
Rohit could now open with Shubman Gill in the third Test in place of out-of-form Mayank Agarwal although Ravi Shastri had said this week that they will talk to him and see if he is fit enough.
Rahane's dogged 112, which according to head coach Ravi Shastri was the turning point of the game, became the cornerstone of India's famous win in the second Test in Melbourne.
T Natarajan has been named in India's Test squad for the remainder of Australia vs India Test matches as a replacement to injured Umesh Yadav
The left-handed opening batsman was included in the Australia Test squad for the last two Tests in Sydney and Brisbane with team assistant coach Andrew McDonald hinting on Thursday that he would be played even if he is not 100% fit.
After a limited international cricket action last year, Team India brace for an action-filled 2021.
Smith has aggregated just 10 runs in four innings of the first two Tests averaging only 3.33 per innings.
Both Labuschagne and No. 4 Steve Smith, the mainstays of Australian batting, have struggled to get going in the series with the latter aggregating just 10 in four innings.
Rohit had joined the rest of his teammates at a Melbourne hotel after landing in the Australian city post the completion of the 14-day mandatory quarantine period in Sydney.
Both the Aussie batsmen were back at the nets on what would have been the fifth day of the second Test trying to find a method to counter the leg-side theory.
In the absence of Warner, who was recovering from a groin muscle tear, Australia's batting failed miserably in the first two matches.
The final call on who will play between Shardul and T Natarajan will be taken by the head coach Ravi Shastri, stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane and bowling coach Bharathi Arun after reaching Sydney.
Umesh ruled out of the remainder of Australia vs India series and is set to return to India; T Natarajan is the likely replacement.
The matches were due to take place on January 22 in Canberra, January 25 in Melbourne and January 28 in Hobart.
India bagged 30 points for their eight-wicket win. They are placed second with 390 points and a 72.2 percentage of points (PCT).
Rohit's entry certainly adds to the team's choices but whether it can help solve the opening conundrum is something that only time will tell.
Smith, who was named Test player of the decade this week, has managed just 10 runs in the first two matches, while Labuschagne could not capitalise on the starts with scores of 47, 6, 48 and 28 in the four innings so far.
Burns has been dropped after his scores of 8, 51*, 0 and 4 in the first two Tests and will Warner all set to make his return after having recovered from the groin injury he incurred during the ODI series against India.
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