LIVE: Aussie batting prodigy named to return

Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor has praised the changes Australian batters made pursuing the calamitous illness successful Delhi past clip out.

In Australia's 2nd innings, successful which they mislaid 9-48 connected the 3rd greeting six batters were retired playing a expanse changeable of immoderate description.

But connected time 1 successful Indore, the changeable was a notable omission from the Aussie's arsenal.

Taylor said its usage successful that capableness meant it could good go much valuable, Taylor and it was evident the squad had "gone distant and had a think" astir their 2nd Test performance

"I saw Usman Khawaja play a reverse expanse retired of obscurity erstwhile helium was successful the 40s, which amazed everyone," Taylor told Wide World of Sports.

"That's not atrocious batting, it had the astonishment element, alternatively than a go-to shot, which is what happened successful the 2nd Test."

But adjacent erstwhile batting well, Taylor warned batting successful India meant it was casual to beryllium dismissed without making an error.

"Smith got 1 helium nicked, and you could spot helium nodded his head, arsenic if to say, 'If you play down the enactment and it spins, takes the borderline and the keeper takes a bully catch, good that's conscionable a bully dismissal.'

"There's not overmuch you tin bash with that, it's the aforesaid arsenic a accelerated bowler bowling you a magnificent leg-cutter connected a greenish pitch. 

"Australia made that change, and did it well."

Will Pucovski volition instrumentality to top-flight cricket adjacent week, having been named successful Victoria's 2nd XI to instrumentality connected Tasmania successful Hobart adjacent week.

The 25-year-old enjoyed a stunning commencement to the 2022-2023 play with a double-century successful a 2nd XI match, earlier scoring 64 a week aboriginal successful the Sheffield Shield season-opener.

A abbreviated clip later, Pucovski announced an indefinite interruption from cricket citing intelligence wellness reasons.

He has been playing premier people cricket successful Melbourne for the past month.

Cricket Victoria's David Hussey said it was pleasing to spot Pucovski backmost successful Victorian colours. 

"We're pleased to spot Will's advancement and his tendency to instrumentality to Second XI cricket," helium said.

"From the outset we haven't acceptable definitive timelines connected his return, but having played for Melbourne and the enactment he's done disconnected the tract implicit the past fewer months, helium feels acceptable for this and we privation him each the best."

Pucovski played 1 Test for Australia successful 2021, and has antecedently taken sabbaticals for intelligence wellness reasons.

He has besides repeatedly been sidelined owed to concussions.

The lucifer gets underway astatine the picturesque Lindisfarne Oval successful eastbound Hobart connected Monday.