From Mohammed Shami to the latest being Jasprit Bumrah, India faced a lot of injuries during their series Down Under, but despite all the odds, made sure to keep the series against Australia levelled at 1-1 after drawing the Sydney Test.
Hanuma Vihari, Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja would all be missing the Brisbane Test due to hamstring, abdominal strain and thumb dislocation.
There is also a big fitness cloud over Ravichandran Ashwin who is nursing a sore back and Mayank Agarwal, who was hit on the arm during practice in Sydney is also being assessed.
So despite all going against India, will weather at Brisbane also play spoilsport at Gabba Test?
Brisbane weather
According to AccuWeather, Brisbane may witness intermittent rainfall on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On the last two days, there are 50 per cent chances of rain. The temperature on opening day could be between 21 degree Celsius and 32 degrees. Heavy conditions will prevail on all days with humidity crossing the 60 per cent mark, especially as the match enters the final two days.
Probable Playing 11s
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Rishabh Pant, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin/Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, T Natarajan, Navdeep Saini
Australia: David Warner, Will Pucovski, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade, Cameron Green, Tim Paine(w/c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
