The pacer Josh Hazlewood will be missing the day night test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy meanwhile Sean Abbott and Brendn Doggett has been the Australian squad for the Adelaide Test.
Scotll Boland will be the prime to come into the playing 11 in Adelaide with playing his last match in 2023.
The Cricket Australia statement said that Hazlewood had a “low grade left side injury” and he would remain with the squad for second test to work through his recovery.
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Josh Hazlewood was key bowler for Australia in Perth as he picked 5/57 across 34 overs.
This will be the first test that Hazlewood has missed since Headingley in last year Ashes which followed a period where he suffered a run of frustrating injuries including two side strains which he was also omitted due to conditions on various subcontinent tours.
The arrival of both Abbott and Doggett who moved from Queensland to South Australia with recent debutant Nathan McSweeney ahead of 2021-22 season, sees them join Tasmania’s Beau Webster as additions to the squad for the second test.
it is second call up for Doggett who travelled to the UAE series against Pakistan in October 2018. Doggeet has picked 11 wickets at 34.27 in three Shield games this summer, with 142 wickets at 28.63 from 40 FC career matches.
The 32 year old Abbott has played 26 ODIs and 20 T20s since his international debut in october 2014 and has been on the fringes of the test side in recent years.
Abbott has claimed 13 wickets at 19.84 in two Sheffield Shield matches this season and has 261 wickets from 87 FC matches in his career.
The Australia will assemble in Adelaide over the weekend with an extra day added to their preparation for the second test.
India secured a 295-run victory during the first match of the test series and the second match will begin on December 06 at Adelaide Oval.
