David Warner of Australia. File.
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Australia opener David Warner will compete in the upcoming ODI series against India, having recovered from his elbow harm, coach Andrew McDonald confirmed on Tuesday.
Warner struggled in the 2 Tests he performed against India, scoring 26 runs from his three innings earlier than being substituted out of the second match in Delhi due to concussion.
He then returned residence to get better from a hairline fracture in his elbow.
“He (Warner) is coming back (to India) for the one day series, he’s recovered from his injury,” Australia head coach Andrew McDonald stated right here.
McDonald stated Warner is even in the body for the World Test Championship closing against Rohit Sharma’s males in London in June.
“At the moment Dave’s fully in our plans for the World Test Championship,” McDonald stated of Warner, who has scored 8158 runs from 103 Tests at a median of 45.57.
The 36-year-old has additionally scored 6007 runs from 141 ODIs at a median of 45.16.
McDonald additionally confirmed that in-form opener Usman Khawaja, who made 180 in Australia’s first innings in the drawn fourth Test right here, has been cleared of structural injury to his decrease leg which he injured whereas fielding on the penultimate day on Sunday.
“The scans are pretty positive … so he gets some time to rest up now and look forward to the World Test Championship,” McDonald stated of Khawaja.
“I’m sure there’ll be a bit of rehabilitation around that, but at this stage nothing structural or anything that will keep him out for long.” The WTC closing on the Oval will probably be performed just some days after the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) however McDonald stated Australia will probably be ready nicely.
“It will be squeezed, pretty much straight on the back of the IPL,” he stated.
“We’ll head to England with plenty of time to prepare over there. We’ve got things that are almost in place for that – we’ll be well prepared.” Of the front-line bowlers Australia are doubtless to deploy in England for the WTC closing and the Ashes that comply with, solely injured fast Josh Hazlewood (achilles soreness) and all-rounder Cameron Green are signed to participate in the IPL that begins on March 31.
Warner is the opposite possible member of Australia’s UK touring get together who may even spend the approaching months taking part in white-ball cricket in India.
“We are continually talking to our senior players with what they have coming up, juggling the schedule that’s in front of us.
“We are staring down 274 days on the street – 144 for the red-ball group, 130 for the white-ball group. So there’s going to be some give and take inside that.” McDonald admitted that the defeat in the second Test in Delhi where Australia suffered a batting collapse, losing eight wickets for 28 runs in barely an hour, was the moment when hopes of a historic series win evaporated.
“It’s a proud group they usually’ll see it as a missed alternative. Not many groups come right here and get the chance like what was introduced in Delhi, and if it had been one-all (after Delhi) who is aware of how the series goes from there,” McDonald said.
“So there’s loads of what-ifs round that (however) in the final two Tests we obtained some stable performances. We’re fairly happy with what the group’s been ready to obtain, however in saying that we did not obtain what we wished to right here.
“We set that as three series in the subcontinent (and) we’ve come away with three wins, three losses and three draws. That’s a pretty tough WTC cycle, so to finish on top of the table with that on the calendar is pretty impressive and we’re the world number one too.”
