ADELAIDE, Dec 5: Fast bowler Scott Boland has won the nod to replace Josh Hazlewood in the Australian team to take on India in the second Test here, beginning on Friday.
Boland’s spot was confirmed by Pat Cummins on Thursday ahead of the match, marking the end of an 18-month gap between appearances in Australian Test whites for the fast bowler.
Boland’s inclusion is the only change to the side, with captain Cummins confirming Mitch Marsh has been declared fit to bowl for the day-night encounter. Marsh has shaken off back stiffness that hampered him during India’s second innings of the first Test in Perth.
Despite a late push from a number of batters across domestic action and Australia A’s match against the touring India party, Nathan McSweeney and the rest of the Australian batting line-up also keep their respective spots.
Boland, whose last Test appearance was the third Ashes Test at Headingley last year, also replaced Hazlewood for last year’s ICC World Test Championship Final, where the Victorian claimed five wickets across the two Indian innings, an ICC report said.
India are yet to name an XI for the match which forms part of the 2023-2025 World Test Championship cycle.
Australia XI for second Test: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
Australia squad (for second Test): Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Brendan Doggett, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar. Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal.
(UNI)
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