Last Update: January 13, 2023, 3:56 PM IST
Australia batsman Peter Handscomb will race against time to recover for the next month India Seizures after hip injury.
The 31-year-old injured himself while trying to play a pull shot in club cricket in Victoria on Tuesday night and three balls later, after playing another pull shot, he fainted in pain and left the field.
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“Scans have confirmed soft tissue damage in his right hip,” cricket.com.au reported on Friday.
“Officials are confident that Handscomb will be fit to accompany the Australian team for the Qantas tour of India later this month.” Australia will play Test matches in Nagpur (9–13 February), New Delhi (17–21 February), Dharamsala (17–21 February), 1–5 March) and Ahmedabad (9–13 March).
However, Australia, who have not won a Test series in India since 2004, are battling injury problems with their key players Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green both recovering from finger injuries.
Starc will miss the Nagpur Test but is likely to join his teammates for the rest of the series, while Green is expected to play in the first match of the series.
Handscomb, who was part of the squad that toured India in 2017, was named as the batting backup in Australia’s squad for the India series. He last played a Test in 2019.
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“Peter Handscomb deserves his place back in the team. His domestic form has been strong recently and Pete has proved he can perform at Test level,” former captain and current chief selector George Bailey said in a statement.
“His experience against spin in the subcontinent is valuable and he is also very close to a wicket-taker.”
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