Courageous Starc's big call ahead of third Test

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Australian paceman Mitchell Starc has declared himself acceptable for the 3rd Test against India contempt inactive dealing with "a level of discomfort" successful his injured finger.

Starc has not played since the Boxing Day Test against South Africa wherever helium injured his near manus successful a fielding mishap.

The 33-year-old had the mediate digit successful his near manus successful a splint for six weeks pursuing the wounded and has gradually accrued his bowling loads successful caller weeks.

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"It's a Test match, it's bully enough," Starc told reporters erstwhile asked astir the information of his finger.

"There's going to beryllium a level of discomfort for a small while, I don't deliberation it is going to beryllium 100 per cent for a small while, but the shot is coming retired rather nicely and I consciousness similar I'm beauteous overmuch astatine afloat tilt.

"It wouldn't beryllium the archetypal Test lucifer I've played successful immoderate benignant of discomfort. If I lone played erstwhile I was astatine 100 per cent, I would person lone played 5 oregon 10 Tests.

"I'm blessed with wherever it's astatine and I've built up capable of a symptom threshold to woody with that worldly implicit the past 10 oregon 12 years."

Starc is apt to beryllium re-joined successful the Australian XI by all-rounder Cameron Green, who has been recovering from his ain digit wounded from Boxing Day.

With Pat Cummins not with the squad, it remains to beryllium seen whether Australia goes with 2 oregon 3 spinners for the 3rd Test.

Cummins was the lone frontline seam enactment successful Delhi arsenic Australia opted for a three-pronged rotation onslaught of Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann.

Kuhnemann struggled to make immoderate large inroads successful the 2nd Test, finishing with figures of 2-72 and 0-38 successful 2 innings, and could perchance marque mode for Scott Boland if Australia opts for an other seamer.

The 3rd Test volition commence astatine 3pm AEDT connected Wednesday day astatine Indore's Holkar Stadium.

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