Australia's Pat Cummins confirmed Josh Hazlewood's return for the Brisbane Test against India, replacing Scott Boland despite his solid Adelaide performance. Hazlewood missed out on the Adelaide Test due to a side strain injury.

Josh Hazlewood will return to Australia's XI for the third test against India in Brisbane after overcoming the side strain that ruled him out of the second match in Adelaide.Captain Pat Cummins confir

He missed the second Test of the series owing to a side strain, but soon after the completion of the Adelaide game, Hazlewood returned to training. However, there were doubts that the pacer would recover on time.

Josh Hazlewood replaced Scott Boland as Australia captain announced their XI for the third Test against India at the Gabba in Brisbane.

Josh Hazlewood will return to Australia's XI for the third test against India in Brisbane after overcoming the side strain that ruled him out of the second match in Adelaide. Captain Pat Cummins confirmed Scott Boland will make way for Hazlewood at the Gabba despite the paceman's five-wicket return in Australia's thumping 10-wicket win at Adelaide Oval.

Australia Test Cricket Captain Pat Cummins has announced the Australian XI squad for the third Test match at the Gabba.

Australia's Josh Hazlewood was cleared of injury Friday to reunite with fellow pace spearheads Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc for the crunch third Test against India in Brisbane.The five-match series is finely poised at 1-1 after the visitors won the first game in Perth by 295 runs before crumbling to a 10-wicket defeat with the pink ball in Adelaide.