Australia suffer injury scare as Josh Hazlewood set to miss remainder of BGT 2024-25 due to calf injury

In what seems to be a big blow for Australia, their key pacer Josh Hazlewood is set to miss the remainder of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024 against India. The pacer suffered a ‘calf soreness’ on the fourth day of the ongoing Gabba Test in Brisbane. He was taken off the field for further treatment.

The 33-year-old had hurt his calf during the training session and joined his fellow pacers quite a bit late in the action of the game. However, he could not sustain too long in the field and went out of the ground just after bowling an over.

Furthermore, the reports of his ‘calf scans’ showed that his right calf muscle was strained. In the same line of events, Cricket Australia released an official statement concerning Hazlewood’s injury.

“He is likely to miss the remainder of the Test series. A squad replacement will be made in due course,” read the CA statement.

Josh Hazlewood could bowl only 6 overs in the entire first innings of India; he scalped one wicket, conceding only 22 runs with two maiden overs. He dismissed the big man, former Indian skipper, Virat Kohli.

Replacement concern for Australia after ‘Josh Hazlewood injury’

Now, it will be a big concern in the Aussie camp to replace Hazlewood in the upcoming two Tests of the series. Notably, the result of this series is going to play a pivotal role in deciding the fate of both Australia and India in their qualification to the final of the ongoing World Test Championship 2025 cycle.

Speaking of the current action of the ongoing third Test in Brisbane, India had scored 252 runs for the loss of 9 wickets at the end of the fourth day’s play in response to Australia’s first-innings total of 445 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep were unbeaten for India at the time of stumps, with individual scores of 10 and 27 runs, respectively.