Josh Hazlewood misses out as Australia announce playing XI ahead of 2nd Test match against India

The mighty Australians have announced their playing XI ahead of the second Test match against India. They have only one change in the team: Josh Hazlewood misses out of the game, making way for Scott Boland to come in his place. The bowler is out of the team due to a side strain.

The most-awaited Test match is finally scheduled to start on December 6, at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. Players will be pumped up to play the Pink Ball Test match, even though India doesn't have many good experiences with that. On the other hand, Australia haven't lost a single Pink Ball Test match yet. 

This stat might be terrifying for the Indian players and fans, but the case was the same in Perth as well. Australia had not lost a single game in Perth until India beat them by 295 runs in the last game. So, the Indian players wouldn't pay much heed to the stats and continue with their approach against the Australians. 

Australia's squad: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (WK), Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon 

India has several superstars: Nathan Lyon

Nathan Lyon has been quite impressed with the Indian team and their performances in the first game. During a press conference, Lyon referred to the Indian players as 'superstars' for whatever they have done till now. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli were pretty impressive in the previous game, scoring centuries in the second innings. Australia will always remember the match and these players' batting because of the humiliation they faced. 

Lyon, during the press conference, praised the Indian side and said, "India has several superstars. Obviously, Virat and Bumrah are top performers, but there are other players as well. India is strong team and hard to compete against. We are not focusing on just one player. It doesn’t mean we will not compete against them. We respect them but will make sure to play our brand of cricket and play competitive cricket against this Indian team.”