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Australia coach Justin Langer has confirmed that the hosts will tackle India within the Boxing Day Test with an unchanged taking part in XI on Saturday. Australian bowlers wreaked havoc on day three of the pink-ball Test. Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood took 9 wickets between themselves within the second innings as India had been restricted to 36/9 of their second essay. Langer mentioned Australia are going with the identical taking part in XI for the second Test until and till one thing occurs over the subsequent few days.
“I’ll be a pretty courageous man to change the playing XI this Test match after the last one. Unless something happens over the next few days and that can in the world we live but we are going with the same XI,” Langer mentioned in a digital press-conference on Thursday.
Cricket Australia has confirmed that the group capability for the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia has been elevated to 30,000 per day. Earlier, solely 25,000 followers had been permitted every day contained in the MCG for Boxing Day Test, however Cricket Australia has confirmed the elevated capability.
Langer expressed his happiness over the staging of the Boxing Day Test amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“Thirty thousand (crowd) is better than none. And it wasn’t that long ago, probably a few weeks ago that we wonder if we had a Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne. Every time I come here I pinch myself, playing at the MCG I’ve come here a lot. It’s just an amazing stadium, the hype about it and boys love playing here,” mentioned Langer.
“The Indians will love, probably lot would have dreamt of playing here a Test match and thirty thousand is better than none and it certainly provides the atmosphere,” he added.
Also, the Player of the Match of the second Test between Australia and India will likely be awarded the Mullagh Medal, named after the legendary Johnny Mullagh.
The medal, titled ‘Mullagh Medal’, is called after the skipper of the Australian indigenous facet that toured the UK in 1868. It was the primary organised group of Australian sporting groups touring internationally.
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Meanwhile, David Warner and Sean Abbott have been dominated out of the second Test towards India.
Australia’s doubtless taking part in XI: Joe Burns, Matthew Wade, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (c, wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
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