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Josh Hazlewood Out Of India Series, Could Be Joined By 3 More Players: Report

The 2023 Border-Gavaskar series is going from bad to worse for Australia. While skipper Pat Cummins had to fly back home due to an illness in the family, marquee pacer Josh Hazlewood has now been ruled out of the entire series, having failed to recover from an Achilles injury that has been troubling him since the New Year's Test in Sydney. But, that's not all. reports in Australian media suggest that the likes of David Warner, Ashton Agar, and Matt Renshaw could also be heading home.

'Needs to play county cricket': Venkatesh Prasad fires fresh salvo at out-of-form KL Rahul

Venkatesh Prasad on Monday slammed the struggling India opener KL Rahul for his poor run in Tests. Prasad, who represented India in 33 Tests, pointed out KL's overseas and home records and compared his statistics with the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane.KL's last century in Tests came way back in December 2021 - vs South Africa in Centurion.In the ongoing Border-Gavaskar trophy, KL has scored just 38 runs in 2 Tests at an average of 12.67."There is a view that KL Rahul has an outstanding overseas Test record. But stats speak otherwise. He has a test avg of 30 overseas in 56 innings. He has scored 6 overseas centuries but followed it up with a string of low scores that's why averaging 30. Let's look at a few others," Prasad wrote on his Twitter handle.

IND vs AUS: Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood ruled out of Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Hazlewood, who has played 59 Tests for Australia so far, had missed the first two Tests in the series because of the injury he sustained in the third Test against South Africa in Sydney in January.Any changes to the squad will be announced on Wednesday once the selectors and medical staff have deliberated, a team spokesman said.

'Super confident' Ravindra Jadeja gets self-belief from his batting: Aakash Chopra

Jadeja is having a dream Test series against Australia, with his 7 for 42 in India's victory in the second Test being the latest highlight of a series being dominated by the Indian all-rounder. And former India opener Aakash Chopra believes it's Jadeja's batting form that has been the source of self-belief for him in red-ball cricket. Before his seven-wicket haul in Australia's second innings to set up India's win in Delhi, Jadeja took five wickets to help the hosts bowl out the Aussies for 177 in the first innings of the first Test, besides scoring a half-century in Nagpur.

Australia's mistakes on India tour: Michael Clarke lists it out

unforgettable tour of India, with two defeats in two Tests back to back taking away the chance of reclaiming the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and leaving them to correct a lot of mistakes, as pointed out by former skipper Michael Clarke.India hammered the Aussies by an innings and 132 runs in Nagpur and followed it up with a six-wicket win in Delhi to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. Clarke feels the biggest mistake Australia made was not playing a tour game ahead of the four-Test series that began February 9.Instead, Pat Cummins chose to simulate Indian conditions back home before having a short camp near Bengaluru ahead of the series opener in Nagpur.

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Josh Hazlewood Out Of India Series, Could Be Joined By 3 More Players: Report

'Needs to play county cricket': Venkatesh Prasad fires fresh salvo at out-of-form KL Rahul

IND vs AUS: Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood ruled out of Border-Gavaskar Trophy

'Super confident' Ravindra Jadeja gets self-belief from his batting: Aakash Chopra

Australia's mistakes on India tour: Michael Clarke lists it out

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