While awaiting information on whether Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green would be fit for the series, Australia has named an 18-person squad for the Border-Gavaskar series in India, including 22-year-old Todd Murphy.<\/p>\n
Despite being selected, Mitchell Starc will sit out at least the first game of the four-game series, which starts on February 9 in Nagpur, as he continues to recover from the left index finger tendon injury that prevented him from playing in the third Test against South Africa of the recently concluded series in Sydney. The timely healing of Cameron Green\u2019s broken finger is also necessary for his inclusion as an all-around player.<\/p>\n
Australia is hopeful that all-rounder Cameron Green will be ready for the first Test against India, which begins in less than a month, but the outlook is less favourable for Mitchell Starc, a quick bowler. In the Boxing Day Test, Anrich Nortje\u2019s rising delivery struck Green on the glove, breaking his right index finger.<\/p>\n
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