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‘Fear of facing Pujara’ – Twitter reacts as reports of Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc missing first match of BGT surface

The Border Gavaskar Trophy begins on February 9 in Nagpur.

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Josh Hazlewood-Mitchell Starc (Source: Twitter)

As per reports, fast bowler Josh Hazlewood of Australia has reportedly been ruled out of the first two Tests against India. The Border Gavaskar Trophy begins on February 9 in Nagpur, and the entourage will then move to the national capital of New Delhi.

According to Cricbuzz, the fast bowler is still recovering from an Achilles injury on his left leg sustained while bowling in the Sydney Test last month. Apart from assisting his teammates with their training, Hazlewood has not participated in Australia’s pre-series camp in Alur.

The seasoned fast bowler is set to try bowling in Nagpur on Tuesday (February 7). His participation in the second Test in Delhi is also in doubt. Meanwhile, Australia is already missing Mitchell Starc for the first part of the series.

Just managing the Achilles: Josh Hazlewood

“Not sure about the first Test. It’s still a few days away but it’s sneaking up pretty quickly. Second one is obviously straight after as well. So, we’ll play it by ear over the next week and next few days and hopefully, Tuesday goes well,” Hazlewood said before Australia’s final session at the KSCA Stadium in the outskirts of Bangalore on Sunday (February 5).

“Just a bit of workload management at the moment. Just managing the Achilles. I was bowling a fair bit leading into the tour at home and sort of just pushing up against it. Probably wasn’t recovering as well as I would have liked between each session so thought we’d give it a few days here straight off the bat and try and get over the hump and have a bowl from Tuesday on (in Nagpur) and hope it goes well,” he added when asked about his lack of participation in the Alur sessions.

In the meantime, Scott Boland might be given a chance to play his first overseas Test in his absence. The pacer has had impressive outings in the six matches that he has played for Australia at home.

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