Cricket Australia (CA) have announced a 13-man squad for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Team India. Nathan McSweeney has been named in the team and he is set to open the innings for Australia alongside Usman Khawaja. Pat Cummins will once again lead the Aussies from the end and wicket-keeper Josh Inglis has also been added to the team as backup for Alex Carey.
"Nathan has displayed the attributes we believe will equip him well for Test cricket along with a strong recent record in domestic cricket," Bailey said in a media release.
"His performances for South Australia and Australia A weighed in his favour and supports our view he is ready for the opportunity at Test level. Similarly, Josh has been in great touch in the Sheffield Shield competition and deserves his place in his first Test squad."
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McSweeney has also lead Australia in the ICC Men's U19 World Cup 2018 where he lead the team to the final against Prithvi Shaw-led India. Born on March 8, 1999 in Brisbane, Nathan McSweeney will look to impress when he opens the game for Australia against Team India in Perth.
Australia's squad for Perth Test
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.
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India's 18-man Test squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar. Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed
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