After handing over a humiliating loss to India in the first test in Adelaide, Australians are pumped up to avenge their series defeat in 2018 where India retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy by winning the series 2-1. India reached a new low when they were bowled out for 36 runs in their second innings and eventually Australia won the game by 8 wickets in the 1st test.
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The icing on the cake for them would have been runs that came from the bat of Joe Burns who scored an unbeaten half-century in Australia’s 2nd innings in which he also endured an injury. Now, there is an update regarding his injury and also the return of the beast in David Warner
One of the best modern day openers in David Warner has been a colossal in Australia in any format of the game. He scores runs for fun irrespective of the bowling attack in his home country. The fact that Australia won the first test in the absence of David Warner just shows the superiority of the Aussie side in their den.
The latest update is that David Warner has been asked to join with the team in Melbourne ahead of the 2nd test due to increase in covid cases in Sydney where the southpaw is going through rehabilitation.
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David Warner has a very good record in Melbourne where the boxing day test is going to take place. He averages 45 with 2 hundreds after having played 8 tests.
If Australia had one worry coming into the test series, it would have been the form of their 2nd opener in Joe Burns who was going through a terrible phase prior to the series but he repaid the faith shown by the management with a counter-attacking 50 and it has pleased the Australian captain Tim Paine.
Here’s what Tim Paine had to say about Joe Burns after the 1st test
Burnsy is a really important part of our team and all cricketers know how hard it is when you’re going through a run like that. To come out in Test match cricket and try and find your way out of it – it’s a very, very difficult place to be. It will do his confidence the world of good.
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