Beau Webster replaces injured Mitch Marsh as Australia names an unchanged playing XI for the pink-ball Test in Adelaide.

The Australian Cricket Team have announced their squad for the second Test-Match of the 2024 Border-Gavaskar Trophy versus India and fast-bowling all-rounder Beau Webster has been included in the roster for the upcoming contest. The 2nd Test will be played in Adelaide from the 6th of December onwards.

30-year-old Webster has been included in the squad as a backup for the injured Fast Bowling all-rounder Mitch Marsh. The 33-year-old suffered a muscle-strain during the opening test in Perth, which the Men in Blue won by a big margin go 295 runs. The Kangaroos are trailing the Rohit Sharma-led team by a margin of 0-1 in the five-match Test-series.

“I felt really good after scoring handy runs and picking up good amount of wickets representing Australia-A versus India-A. Whenever you get the chance to represent the ‘A’ team, it’s just a single level below Test Cricket, so it motivates you to perform well and get selected in the longest format of the game. It was a really happy and a proud moment for me to receive a phone call directly from George Bailey, the chairman of selectors of the Men’s Cricket Team of Australia following the conclusion of the contest  versus New South Wales. I cannot wait to join the Test Team,” Webster said.

Webster eager to make his Test-Cricket debut

Fast Bowling All-Rounder Beau Webster has not made his International debut for the Aussies yet. But, he has performed exceptionally well in the Domestic First-Class tournament of Australia, the Sheffield Shield. The 30-year-old has amassed 1,788 runs with the help of nine fifties and five magnificent hundreds. 

The all-rounder was also impressive in Tasmania’s contest versus the New South Wales of the Sheffield Shield where he managed to play good innings of 61 & 49 runs respectively and he also managed to dismiss the opposition batters five times

Webster has the ability to use the seam of the ball at it’s best in seam bowling along with aggressive-batting nature. In the previous edition of the Sheffield Shield, Webster was also given the Player-of-the-year award . Additionally, the all-rounder has found success in maintaining his good rhythm and form in the current edition of the competition as well.

‘No changes will be made in the Starting XI for the Day-Night Test-Match in Adelaide’

Despite suffering a humiliating defeat in the opening fixture of the 2024 Border Gavaskar Trophy series, the Mighty Australians will not be making any changes to their Starting XI for the Adelaide pink-ball Test-Match, Andrew McDonald-the coach of Australia confirmed. The Adelaide test-match will be kicking off from the 6th of December onwards.




Australia’s squad for the 2nd BGT Test-Match versus Team India

Pat Cummins (Captain), Mitchell Starc, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey (WK), Nathan McSweeney, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Beau Webster, Mitch Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland.

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