Dhawan, Kohli fit for Boxing Day Test

December 22, 2014 07:16 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 04:50 pm IST - Melbourne

Dhawan could not resume batting on the fourth morning of the Gabba Test after being hit in the right wrist by a rising delivery during net practice just before the start of play.

Dhawan could not resume batting on the fourth morning of the Gabba Test after being hit in the right wrist by a rising delivery during net practice just before the start of play.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan and vice-captain Virat Kohli have recovered from their injuries sustained during the second Test against Australia and are expected to play the third match beginning in Melbourne on December 26.

Dhawan could not resume batting on the fourth morning after being hit in the right wrist by a rising delivery during net practice just before the start of play. After taking pain-killing injections, he came out to bat when the sixth wicket fell, with a heavily strapped right wrist to score 81.

Kohli was hit on the left forearm during the same net practice, but he overcame the blow and came out to bat in place of Dhawan. The two batsmen were injured whilst facing an Indian bowler, whose name has been withheld.

India lost the second Test at the Gabba by four wickets.

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