With Warner yet to recover, Australia have to take big calls for Indore Test

The touring Australia team management in India is facing a big question on the continuation of another key player on the current tour as opener David Warner is still doubtful for the third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy and for the rest of the seriesWarner had suffered a concussion and was substituted by Matt Renshaw and it was later revealed a hairline fracture in his left elbow which puts him in doubt for the rest of the seriesWith Australias batters collapsing in a heap for an embarrassing sixwicket defeat in the second Test in New Delhi within three days they have nine days to not only recover from the psychological fallout of the defeat but also put together a potent squad for the third Test to be held at Indore from March 1Down 02 after two matches Australia have already failed to regain the fourmatch Border Gavaskar Trophy series and need to win both the remaining matches to at least salvage some prideThey have also missed out on the services of three other members of the original touring party after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the last two Tests due to a hamstring injury Hazlewood along with Cameroon Green missed the first two Tests while Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Swepson were available for only one of the two matches Leftarm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann was added to the original 18member squad and played the Delhi match which means 19 different players have been part of the squad over the first three weeks of the tourSkipper Pat Cummins has rushed home to Sydney to deal with a family medical concern and it is hoped he will return for the third Test in Indore but there is uncertainty over the situation meaning vicecaptain Steve Smith is on standby to leadWith Warner still struggling to recover from the two injuries suffered within a few minutes during their first innings in Delhi after being hit twice by Mohammed Siraj Australia have to take some drastic decisions before the third matchAlso readBorderGavaskar Trophy Australia skipper Pat Cummins flies back home due to family illnessHes still sore at the moment McDonald was quoted as saying by cricketcomau Were in no rush to make any decisions at this point around Davey Theres a bit of unknown thereEven otherwise Warner has not set the field on fire during his three innings in India in the 2023 series scoring 1 and 10 in the first Test at Nagpur and 15 runs in the first innings of the Delhi Test before being substituted for concussionThere is a belief in the Australian camp that Travis Head could be a better option than Warner in these conditions and in case Green is declared fit to play in the Third Test His availability will give options in batting but also in bowling which means they can work out various combinationscoach McDonald will have to take some big decisions in case Cummings is not able to return to India after attending to the health issue in his familyTill then all the Aussies can do is wait for some news from the team doctorThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever