Matt Renshaw as Concussion Substitute: David Warner has been ruled out of the Test match being played in Delhi between India and Australia (IND vs AUS). He will not be able to return to the field due to the injury caused by Mohammad Siraj during the batting. In his place, Matt Renshaw is now part of the Australian team’s playing-11 as a concussion substitute.
Earlier there was no option like concussion substitute in cricket, but now if a player involved in playing-11 is injured in such a way that he is unable to play, then teams can use concussion substitute instead. Australia was the first team to use this option in the history of Test cricket.
In Ashes 2019, Steve Smith was badly hurt by a bouncer from Jofra Archer. This was only the second Test of the Ashes. In the first innings of this Test, Smith was dismissed after scoring 92 runs. But after that he did not come on the field. In such a situation, Marnus Labushen was replaced by Concussion Substitute. Labushen replaced Smith in Australia’s second innings and played an important inning of 59 runs to draw the match.
Labushen is the number-1 batsman in Test cricket
By the way, Labushen had made his Test debut in October 2018 itself. But he was not able to collect any special color. But after landing as a concussion substitute in the Ashes, Labushen’s fortunes changed so much that he played back-to-back big innings and now the situation is that he is the number-1 batsman in the Test rankings.
Will Matt Ranshaw also be able to do charisma?
Match Ranshaw has made his Test debut in November 2016. He was also included in the squad of Australia team on the last tour of India. He had also performed better then. However, Matt Ranshaw has been out of the Australian squad for a long time after this. He has returned to the playing-11 of the Test team from the South Africa series before the tour of India. He was also involved in the Test match held in Nagpur but here he could score only 2 runs in both the innings. In such a situation, he was kept out of the Delhi Test.
Ranshaw may have flopped in Nagpur Test and was dropped from the starting playing-11 of Delhi Test but he can show good game against spin. He also has a good experience of the last tour of India. In such a situation, this player can definitely follow in the footsteps of Labushen by landing as a concussion substitute.
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