Travis Head will remain a headache for India in Melbourne also, Australia announced playing 11 before the fourth test

Sports Desk: The fourth match of the Test series being played between India and Australia under the Border Gavaskar Trophy will be played on 26 December. Before this match, a bad news has come for India, however this news is good news for Australia. The team's ace batsman Travis Head will be a part of Australia's playing-11 in this match to be played in Melbourne.

Australian captain Pat Cummins himself has revealed that Travis Head is going to play in this Boxing Day Test to be held in Melbourne. He has told that Travis Head is completely fit for the fourth Test and he is ready to play against India. Earlier it was being said that if Travis Head is not fit then Josh Inglis will be given a place in the team in his place.

Two changes in the Australian team

There have been two changes in the Australian team for the fourth test. Sam Constas is going to appear on the field in place of Nathan McSweeney in the Melbourne Test. He is about to make his Test cricket debut for India. Boland has got a place in the team in place of injured Josh Hazlewood.

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Constas will debut against India

Constas will become the youngest Australian player to make his Test debut after Australian captain Pat Cummins. Cummins made his Test cricket debut in 2011 at the age of 18. Australia head coach Andrew McDonald said, “We wanted clarity about our batting unit before the team meeting. “We don’t usually make these kinds of revelations but we wanted everyone to know that he is in the team.”

The series is tied at 1-1

In this five-match Test series, both India and Australia are tied at 1-1. Three matches of this series have been played so far, in which India won the first match and Australia won the second match, while the third match played at Gabba was a draw.

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Australia's playing eleven

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