Peter Handscomb is in an attempt to beat the odds to go on his first Australian Test visit in quite a while after checks affirmed a hip injury.
Handscomb was harmed on Tuesday night while playing club cricket in Victoria, when he was hit endeavoring to play a draw shot. He kept batting, yet fell in torment three balls later in the wake of hitting one more draw went for six.
Checks have since affirmed delicate tissue harm in his right hip. Authorities are sure Handscomb will be fit to leave with the Australian group to India toward the finish of this current month.
Australia as of now have different worries in their camp, with Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green both nursing finger wounds.
Starc will miss the main Test in Nagpur on February 9 and fly to India a short time later, while Green is confident of playing in the series opener.
Handscomb’s most obvious opportunity with regards to a Test review is probably going to be in the event that he is passed fit for the primary match and Green doesn’t recuperate in time.
Helping Handscomb out is the reality he is a right-hander, and could separate the line of left-handers in the center request. He was as of late added to Australia’s crew for the last Test against South Africa when Marcus Harris was delivered for the BBL.
“He merits his place back in the crew,” public selector George Bailey said. His experience against turn on the subcontinent is important and he is additionally an astoundingly decent near the-wicket catcher.”