Boxing Day Test: Injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar May Return Against Australia
Boxing Day Test between Australia and India will be played in Melbourne. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who missed the first two Tests due to an ankle injury, may play the third and showed no signs of discomfort at a net session.
Injured Indian seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, nursing a sore left ankle that forced his exclusion from the first two Tests against Australia, batted without any discomfort in the nets here on Tuesday, raising his chances of inclusion in the Boxing Day Test team.
Kumar came out for practice with his ankle strapped, according to a report on a cricket website.
He batted with fellow pacers Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav in the nets. If declared fit, he is likely to come in place of Varun Aaron. (Also read: Bhuvneshwar offered Grade A contract by BCCI)
But rain hampered his practice as an untimely drizzle ended India's tune-up session, before Kumar could test his ankle while bowling. (Sledging backfiring on MS Dhoni's Team India: Gavaskar)
He, though, had resumed bowling at the nets, a day after India lost the second Test at the Gabba.
Kumar has picked up 28 wickets from 11 Tests. He was Monday handed a Grade A contract for 2014-15 by the Indian cricket board, as a reward for his impressive form on the England tour earlier this year, where he picked up 19 wickets from seven Test innings.