India and Australia Third Test Match: India has announced its final eleven for the third test match of the series played against Australia in Melbourne. Three changes have been made in the team playing in Perth.
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HIGHLIGHTS
- India will play Australia in a third test match on December 26.
- left-hand all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been included in the last eleven
- In the Perth, the team had a lot of specialist spinner
- Mayank Agarwal will also make Test career debut, Murali Vijay and Lokesh Rahul out
India has announced the names of its last 11 players for the third test against Australia starting on Wednesday in Melbourne. There are three changes, Including Ravindra Jadeja, in the team. In the last 11, Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal have been included. While the Consistent Failures, Murali Vijay and Lokesh Rahul have been dropped from the team. Apart from this, fast bowler Umesh Yadav also could not make it to the team.
On Tuesday, the BCCI tweeted and informed about it. Along with this, the great batting batsman Mayank Agarwal has also been included in the team. Rohit Sharma, who was left out due to injury in the second Test match Played in Perth, has also been given the Place in the last 11.
Mayank Agarwal will be the 295th player to play Test cricket for India. He has been included in the team on a very delicate occasion. Two India regular openers were constantly failing and young opener Prithvi sav had to be out of the series due to injury.
Vijay played seven test matches outsides India this year, but he could not even touch the fifty figure once. On the England tour, he was dropped out of the team due to the poor performance. Rahul’s performance remained the same. He scored a century in the last test against England but after that, his best performance is only 44 runs
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India will now have a whole new opening Combination. Hanuma Vihari, who had presented her strong claim on Number six, can be asked to start an innings with Aggarwal. In this way, India will have a brand new opening pair in the Boxing day Test.
Jadeja’s fitness was questioned: Chief coach Ravi Shastri had given the statement that Ravindra Jadeja was not fully fit before coming to Australia. According to the chief coach, Jadeja was playing in a match of Ranji Trophy when he was in his shoulders. He was given injections four days after arriving in Australia. But the BCCI issued the release late in the evening and clarified that this all-rounder was absolutely fit for the ongoing series in Australia.
Michelle Marsh in Australia: India and Australia Third Test Match Australia have also given the all-rounder Mitchell Marsh the place in the team. They are given place in place of Peter Hands comb. Hands comb saw straps in front of fast bowlers of India.
TEAM
INDIA– Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah.
AUSTRALIA- Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Tim Paine (captain/wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
