Australia and India will be playing their last Test series before the World Test Championship Final 2023 in India. This will be a 4-match test series and the first test match will be in Nagpur. Australia has announced 1n 18-man squad which will be captained by Pat Cummins. Let’s look at the Australia Test squad for India Tour.
Australia Test squad for India Tour
- Pat Cummins (C)
- Steve Smith (VC)
- David Warner
- Alex Carey(WK)
- Josh Hazlewood
- Usman Khawaja
- Marnus Labuschagne
- Ashton Agar
- Scott Boland
- Cameron Green
- Peter Handscomb
- Travis Head
- Nathan Lyon
- Lance Morris
- Todd Murphy
- Matthew Renshaw
- Mitchell Swepson
- Mitchell Starc
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Mitchell Starc ruled out of First Test
Mitchell Starc has been officially ruled out of the first test starting 9th February in Nagpur. Although Starc has been added to the 18-man squad of Australia, he will be unavailable for the first test. Starc was injured with a finger Tandon during the boxing day test against South Africa and he was also ruled out of the third test against South Africa in Sydney. Australian selectors confirmed that Starc will be available from the 2nd Test in Delhi
Australia selected 4 Spinners for India Tour
India has spin-heavy pitches, Therefore Australia has added 4 spinners to the squad. Obviously, The spin attack will be led by Nathan Lyon. Also, Lyon recently completed his 450 wickets in test cricket. Ashton Agar, Mitchell Swepson and Todd Murphy are the other 3 spinners added to the squad. Todd Murphy is the uncapped spinner and previously he impressed the selectors with his spin for Victoria. Mitchell Swepson has recently played in the sub-continent tests therefore he can impress with his leg-spinning variety.
Peter Handscomb and Matthew Renshaw played all four tests in India when Australia toured in 2017. On that 4-match tour, Renshaw scored 2 half centuries and Handscomb scored a match-saving 200-ball 72 not out in Ranchi.
India vs Australia Test series Schedule
| No. | Match | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st Test | 9th – 13th February | Nagpur |
| 2 | 2nd Test | 17th – 21st February | Delhi |
| 3 | 3rd Test | 1st – 5th March | Dharamsala |
| 4 | 4th Test | 9th – 13th March | Ahmedabad |
