AUS vs IND 1st Test, Day 2: Ashwin's four-fer haunts the hosts, India achieve 62-run lead
Sports | December 18, 2020 20:44 ISTIndia had made 244 in their first innings.
India had made 244 in their first innings.
Paine top-scored with an unbeaten 73 before his team was bowled out for 191 on the second day of the match at the Adelaide Oval.
Paine says 21-year-old allrounder Cameron Green is medically fit to make his test debut in the day-night fixture, but won’t divulge whether struggling opener Joe Burns will play.
Paine, on his part, agreed that there isn't a need to get aggressive but he and his men won't take a "backward step" if need arises.
Paine was pushed into the job after Steve Smith's unceremonious removal from the post following the ball-tampering scandal.
Paine says 21-year-old allrounder Cameron Green is medically fit to make his test debut in the day-night fixture, but won’t divulge whether struggling opener Joe Burns will play.
Days before the four-match series begins in Adelaide on December 17, Australia are grappling with a spate of injuries to top players such as David Warner.
With the 36-year-old Paine reaching the fag end of his career, a fresh captaincy discussion has started.
Only seven players, including Paine, from the previous India series have been retained for this contest. Meanwhile, the hosts look stronger with the inclusion of Smith and Warner who were dearly missed in the previous contest.
Despite Pucovski scoring truckload of runs, including consecutive double centuries in the Marsh Sheffield Shield, Australia Test captain Paine hinted that Burns may continue his opening partnership with David Warner.
Paine was a member of the team's inaugural squad back in 2011 and went on to lead the side from 2013 to 2017.
India are set to lock horns with Australia in the much-awaited Border Gavaskar Trophy starting from December 27, with the first of four Tests scheduled to be played in Adelaide.
Last week, Channel Seven had threatened to terminate its contract worth USD 450 million with Cricket Australia over its allegedly poor handling of the domestic and international calendar for the 2020-21 season, which has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tim Paine's run is likely to end with the next Ashes at home next year and Cricket Australia will look for a new captain.
Faiz, who scored 1,001 and 942 first-class runs in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 respectively, represented India in a solitary ODI against Zimbabwe in 2016 where he scored a half-century.
Pujara was the tormentor and the wrecker-in-chief for the hosts in India's historic 2-1 win Down Under in 2018/19 tour. He scored 521 runs at 74.27 last summer with three centuries
Cricket Australia, earlier this month, sacked Roberts as their CEO and roped in Nick Hockley as an interim option, citing the former's mishandling of the financial situations during the pandemic
If the match is shifted to Perth, the CA plans to hold it at the Optus Stadium, which can sit 60,000 supporters and is regarded as the best venue in Australia outside the MCG.
While the situation was already tense during the final moments of the fourth Ashes Test last year, Tim Paine had another thing to worry about.
Cricket Australia has already stood down 80 per cent of its staff and now is in talks with Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) regarding a potential players' pay cut.
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