Australia v India third Test LIVE updates: India wins toss, will bowl first at Gabba
Josh Hazlewood has pushed out Scott Boland for the crucial Gabba Test against India after missing just one game with a side strain, as Australian captain Pat Cummins plots a possible bumper barrage for Rishabh Pant and India’s tail.
Short bowling in Adelaide allowed the Australians to knock over India’s lower order cheaply in both innings, and tellingly provided the first signs of vulnerability in Rishabh’s otherwise irrepressible and aggressive batting method.
It was here at the Gabba in 2021 where Rishabh humbled Cummins, Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc in a virtuoso performance to deliver India both the match and the series.
But his first innings dismissal in Adelaide, to a snorting short ball from Cummins, created a previously unseen element of doubt in the left-hander’s mind – he was then a little hesitant coming forward to Starc in the second innings and edged one to Steve Smith in the slips.
Read the rest of Dan Brettig’s piece here.
Josh Hazlewood has proven his fitness to the selectors and will play at the Gabba.Credit: Getty Images
