Mitchell Starc: Likely To Return From Injury For Third Test in Indore

Mitchell Starc: The ball is coming out well ahead of his likely return from injury for the third Test in Indore.

Starc needs to recover from pain in his potential comeback:-

Mitchell Starc will need to overcome pain in his potential return to lead Australia’s Test attack in the absence of Pat Cummins, with his finger still not fully recovered from a serious tendon injury.

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The Aussies have been without one of the main subcontinent bowling weapons for their first two Test defeats against India.

However, Starc was available for selection for the second match in Delhi where the hosts retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy.

Batsman’s left middle finger was injured for six weeks:-

The left-handed batsman’s left middle finger was sore for six weeks after being injured in a freak fielding accident during the Boxing Day Test.

There is still a lot of scar tissue and swelling in the finger that is important to release the ball.

Starc had to let the ball slip away from his ring and index finger while training during his layoff before resuming his more normal bowling action in recent weeks.

“It’s a Test match, it’s pretty good,” Starc told reporters at the colorful Holkar Stadium in Indore on Monday, two days ahead of the third Test.

He Regained The Ability To Bowl:-

When Starc was asked if he had regained the ability to bowl again, he smiled and said: “I think we’ll find out.”

Australia squad: 1. Pat Cummins (c), 2. Ashton Agar, 3. Scott Boland, 4. Alex Carey, 5. Cameron Green, 6. Peter Handscomb, 7. Josh Hazlewood, 8. Travis Head, 9. Usman Khawaja, 10. Matt Kuhnman, 11. Marnus Labuschagne, 12. Nathan Lyon, 13. Lance Morris, 14. Todd Murphy, 15. Matthew Renshaw, 16. Steve Smith (VC), 17. Mitchell Starc, 18. Mitchell Swepson, 19. David Warner.

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Indian squad: 1. Rohit Sharma (c), 2. KL Rahul (vc), 3. Shubman Gill, 4. Cheteshwar Pujara, 5. Virat Kohli, 6. Shreyas Iyer, 7. KS Bharat, 8. Ishan Kishan, 9. Ravichandran Ashwin, 10. Axar Patel, 11. Kuldeep Yadav, 12. Ravindra Jadeja, 13. Mohammed Shami, 14. Mohammed Siraj, 15. Umesh Yadav, 16. Suryakumar Yadav, 17. Jaydev Unadkat.