Australia opener David Warner despatched residence earlier than final two Exams of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023

Australia opener David Warner will miss the remaining tour of India after taking a blow on the pinnacle and damaged elbow within the second Check. The left-handed batter has been dominated out of the final two Exams towards India in Indore and Ahmedabad.

There are excessive probabilities he received’t return to play the three-match ODI collection, scheduled after the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Warner’s present run of kind was additionally a matter of concern for the Aussies, with the often prolific run-scorer having failed in all three innings on this tour of India and with only one century to his identify for the reason that begin of 2020.

Australia are unlikely to name in a alternative participant for Warner, with Cameron Inexperienced set to return from a finger damage to bat at No. 6 within the third Check.

Earlier, head coach Andrew McDonald confirmed that Travis Head would keep on as an opener if Warner doesn’t get better from his damage.

Head scored a brisk 43 within the second innings of the recently-concluded Delhi Check.

“If Dave’s unavailable it could make good sense,” McDonald mentioned of opening the innings with Head.

“We did talk about earlier than coming over right here that if we had been to lose a gap batter that Trav could be one we’d look to place up there. We really feel within the subcontinental situations that he can get off to the quick begins which he confirmed.”

The vacationers, who’re already 2-0 down within the ongoing four-match Check collection, will even miss the companies of their star pacer Josh Hazlewood resulting from Achilles tendonitis.