Australia has suffered a major setback ahead of the four-Test series against India. Veteran fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the first Test from February 9. He will not play in Nagpur due to injury.

Scott Boland can be included in playing-11 :-

It is doubtful for Hazlewood to play in the second Test in Delhi as well. Scott Boland can be included in the playing-11 in his place. He can play Test outside Australia for the first time

Hazlewood is not the first Australian player to be injured ahead of the series. Before him, Mitchell Starc is troubled by a finger injury. At the same time, Cameron Green will also not bowl in the first match due to a finger injury.

If he gets a chance to play, he will only bat. Hazlewood was hurt during the Sydney Test last month. Hazlewood did not fully participate in Australia’s pre-series camp at Alur.

An injured Josh Hazlewood says both Scott Boland and Lance Morris are primed to take on India's batters should either of them take his place for the first #INDvAUS Test starting on Thursday pic.twitter.com/loiWihqhCk

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 5, 2023

Josh Hazlewood played in all the matches of the series last time :-

Josh Hazlewood played all four Test matches of the 2017 Test series and took wickets in all the matches. His best performance came in the second innings of the Second Test. He surprised the Indians by taking six wickets in that innings on a spin-assisted pitch. He sent four top-order batsmen to the pavilion, including Pujara and Kohli.

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Schedule of Test series between India and Australia :-

match	date	place	time
1st Test	February 9-13	Nagpur	9:30 am
2nd Test	February 17-21	Nagpur	9:30 am
3rd Test	March 1-5	Dharamshala	9:30 am
4th Test	March 9-13	Ahmedabad	9:30 am

IND vs AUS: Team India for the first two matches of the Test series :-

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul, S Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.

Australia squad :-

Usman Khawaja, Matt Renshaw, Steve Smith, David Warner, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Peter Handscomb, Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson.

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