Australia opener David Warner will miss the remaining tour of India after taking a blow on the top and damaged elbow within the second Test. The left-handed batter has been dominated out of the last two Tests in opposition to India in Indore and Ahmedabad.
There are excessive possibilities he received’t return to play the three-match ODI collection, scheduled after the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Warner’s present run of kind was additionally a matter of concern for the Aussies, with the often prolific run-scorer having failed in all three innings on this tour of India and with only one century to his title because the begin of 2020.
Australia are unlikely to name in a alternative participant for Warner, with Cameron Green set to return from a finger harm to bat at No. 6 within the third Test.
Earlier, head coach Andrew McDonald confirmed that Travis Head would keep on as an opener if Warner doesn’t get well from his harm.
Head scored a brisk 43 within the second innings of the recently-concluded Delhi Test.
“If Dave’s unavailable it would make perfect sense,” McDonald mentioned of opening the innings with Head.
“We did discuss before coming over here that if we were to lose an opening batter that Trav would be one we’d look to put up there. We feel in the subcontinental conditions that he can get off to the fast starts which he showed.”
The vacationers, who’re already 2-0 down within the ongoing four-match Test collection, may also miss the providers of their star pacer Josh Hazlewood attributable to Achilles tendonitis.