Sunil Gavaskar asserted that Australia have already hit the panic button with Josh Hazlewood getting ruled out of the pink-ball Test.

“After a humbling loss in the Perth Test, a leading Australian newspaper commented, ‘Bumrah is living inside Marnus Labuschagne’s head.’ It was as much a tribute to Jasprit Bumrah’s fear-inducing skills as it was a castigation of Labuschagne’s inadequacies against the Indian pace spearhead.

Sunil Gavaskar finds Josh Hazlewood's omission from the pink-ball Test a mystery. Hazlewood was ruled out of the match just days after his controversial comments during the Perth Test press conference.

After losing the series opener, Australia will be without Josh Hazlewood for the second Test against India in Adelaide after the experienced quick sustained a side strain.

Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the second Test – a pink-ball, day-night fixture – against India in Adelaide from December 6, due to a ‘low grade left side injury’, Cricket Australia said.

Hazlewood’s remarks indubitably left pundits and former players alike stunned, with Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar also sharing his two cents on the same.