Ashwin will be missed in the Boxing Day Test…who will compensate, know how Team India's playing-11 will be.

Sports Desk: A five-match Test series is being played between India and Australia. The fourth match of this series will be played in Melbourne on 26 December. This match is going to be a Boxing Day Test. Team India has started practicing for this match. However, India is going to miss Ravichandran Ashwin a lot in the Melbourne Test.

Actually, after the Gabba Test was drawn, Indian star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had retired from international cricket. After which now the biggest question remains whether Team India will miss Ashwin in the Boxing Day Test or not?

What will be the impact of Ashwin not playing?

Although Ashwin used to be one of the important players of Team India. His presence was very important for India, because he often taught the team players with his experience, but if we talk about the competition, India will hardly miss Ashwin in the Melbourne Test.

Who will replace Ashwin?

Whether captain Rohit Sharma will make changes in the playing 11 in the Melbourne Test or not will be known only at the time of the match. But if the team needs another option in place of Ashwin, then Washington Sundar can join the team. If there are no changes then Nitish Reddy can show his magic once again.

How is the Melbourne pitch?

A pitch report of Melbourne has recently come out, which shows that this match can increase the tension for the Indian bowlers. This pitch can be quite different from Gabba. Green grass has been left on the Melbourne pitch. Although there are still 3 days left for the match, the grass on the pitch can also be cut. Due to clear weather and strong sunlight, the grass will remain a little dry. Also, there will not be much bounce on the pitch. But seam and swing can be seen.

In this context, Indian team's fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah, Akashdeep and Mohammad Siraj will have to find the right length in the Melbourne ground. From this it can be estimated that if the pitch remains like this even in the last minute, then only one spinner can take the field.

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Probable playing-11 of both the teams in Melbourne Test

Indian team: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma (captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.

Australian team: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.