IND vs AUS: David Warner dominated out of Border-Gavaskar Trophy with elbow fracture

Australia opener David Warner was dominated out of the rest of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Tuesday.

Warner suffered a concussion through the second Test in Delhi and was substituted by Matt Renshaw throughout a six-wicket defeat to the host. Warner was struck on the facet of the grille of his helmet whereas batting within the first innings of the Test towards India pacer Mohammed Siraj.

The left-hander suffered the blow after receiving a brief supply from Siraj on the elbow. X-rays later revealed that Warner had suffered a hairline fracture, forcing him out of the remaining two Tests in Indore and Ahmedabad.

The CA, nonetheless, acknowledged that Warner is anticipated to return for the three-match ODI sequence later in March.

Australia on Monday suffered one other harm blow as quick bowler Josh Hazlewood was dominated out of the sequence with an Achilles soreness. Skipper Pat Cummins too had flown again residence resulting from private causes whereas Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green proceed to get well from finger accidents.

Should Cummins be unavailable for the third Test that begins on March 1, vice-captain Steve Smith is anticipated to steer the Aussies. Meanwhile, India named an unchanged squad for the third and fourth Tests after taking an unassailable 2-0 result in retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat