3 unexpected inclusions in Australia’s squad for first Test against India

Explore three surprising picks in Australia’s squad for the first Test against India. Australia have announced the squad for the first Test match against India in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024. The squad is filled with known faces who are pumped up to dominate India in the upcoming series. This series is extremely important for India and Australia, and hence, they look forward to having a tough fight. 

India’s humiliating performance in the previous series has become a matter of concern for the management and they will try to avoid it as much as possible. However, Australia have a few unknown faces on the squad who have gotten their maiden call-up. 

Australia squad for first Test: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc

Let’s check out the three unexpected additions to Australia’s squad:

1. Nathan McSweeney

Nathan McSweeney has managed to impress the selectors in the domestic set-up and played some fantastic matches, which has helped him get the maiden call-up. His performances for South Australia and Australia A were the highlights of his career so far. 

2. Josh Inglis

A member of the white-ball cricket team, Josh Inglis, has had the chance to represent Australia in the red-ball cricket as well. He has consistently played well in the Sheffield Shield competition, which is why he was given the chance in the first Test match. Well, his inclusion in the playing XI is still in doubt since all the regular players are in form. 

3. Mitchell Marsh

The ODI captain of Australia has been away from cricket for a long time due to injury. Nobody knew when he would make his international debut once again as he missed the recent series against Pakistan. Hence, it was an unexpected inclusion in the squad. 

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