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Nathan McSweeney was made the captain of Australia A against India A. The team has won the series 2-0.
The Australian team has been announced for the first test against India. Cricket Australia released a team of 13 members late on Saturday night. Nathan McSweeney, Josh English and Scott Boland have been selected in the Australian team for this match which is going to start in Perth from 22nd November.
McSweeney may open the innings with Usman Khawaja, while Boland has been included as a backup fast bowler. The name Josh English is a bit surprising. Recently the selectors made him the captain of ODI and T-20. Captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will lead the fast bowling attack in the first Test match. Chief selector George Bailey said the team is balanced and provides an alternative to Andrew and Pat.
Cricket Australia announced the team through this post.
Selection Committee Chairman George Bailey said-
Nathan has displayed the qualities that will prepare him for the Test. His recent records in domestic cricket are also excellent. Performances for South Australia and Australia A are also in his favour. Similarly, Josh Inglis has been in excellent form in the Sheffield Shield competition. He deserves a place in the Test team. At the same time, when Schock gets a chance in the test team. So he performs top class. He has become an important member of the team.
First match in Perth from 22 November Team India is going to play a Test series in Australia after 3 years. The first match will be played in Perth from 22 November and the second match will be played in Adelaide from 6 December. Team India has not lost any Test series against Australia since 2014. During this period, the team won 2 series under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
Australia team for the first test against India
Pat Cumming (captain), Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon.
Indian team for Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (Vice-Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
reserve: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khalil Ahmed.
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