India vs Australia, Border Gavaskar Trophy: Cricket Australia has announced their squad for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Pat Cummins will lead the squad for the five test matches of the series. Surprisingly, Nathan McSweeney has made his way into the squad. The Australian cricket board has high expectations of the 25-year-old right handed batter, who scored over two thousand runs in first class cricket. McSweeney has the ability to bat according to the situation of the match.
Australia squad for first #AUSvIND Test:
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 9, 2024
Australian cricket board’s selection panel chairman George Bailey said about the inclusion of Nathan McSweeney, “Nathan has displayed the attributes we believe will equip him well for Test cricket along with a strong recent record in domestic cricket.His performances for South Australia and Australia A weighed in his favour and supports our view he is ready for the opportunity at Test level.”
Australia squad for first Test
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.
India squad for the Border Gavaskar Trophy
Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.
Tournament schedule
November 22, 2024- First Test match – Perth
December 6, 2024- Second Test match – Adelaide
December 14, 2024- Third Test match – Brisbane
December 26, 2024- Fourth Test match – Melbourne
January 3, 2025- Fifth Test match – Sydney