IND Vs AUS: Jasprit Bumrah gave a blow to this Kangaroo player, it is difficult to get a place in the Boxing Day Test
Cricket News Desk. The fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The series is currently level at 1-1 after the Brisbane Test between the two teams was drawn. Australian opener Nathan McSweeney, who made his international debut in this series, has not been able to make any impact yet. The Kangaroo opener has been troubled a lot by India's star bowler Jasprit Bumrah throughout the series and has been dismissed four times.
After flopping badly in the series, it is difficult for McSweeney to get a chance in the fourth match of the Test series against India. Bumrah has dismissed young opener McSweeney, who made his Perth debut, not once, not twice, but four times in the series.
McSweeney could not score a single half-century.
McSweeney has played three matches so far in the current Test series and his scores have been 10, 0, 39, 10, 9 and 4. According to a report in 'The Age', after his performance against Bumrah, the Australian selectors may drop him or make changes in their batting order.
McSweeney replaced Smith
He was included in the team as a specialist opening batsman for this series, replacing experienced batsman Steve Smith. It was because of McSweeney's opening batting that Smith was able to play at his preferred number four. Let us tell you that after the retirement of David Warner earlier this year, Australia is looking for a partner for Usman Khawaja.
Josh English may get a chance
Young McSweeney earned a place in Australia's playing eleven on the basis of his consistently good performances in the domestic circuit. However, he had to struggle against Bumrah in the home series against India. For this reason, the Australian selectors may consider including Josh Inglis in his place in the playing eleven for the fourth Test in Melbourne.
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