Australia vs India: Aaron Finch is open to batting at any position in the Test series

Aaron Finch has done well while leading Australia in the ongoing T20I series against India which they will not lose. After the hosts won the first game in Brisbane by a narrow margin of four runs, the second game in Melbourne was washed out with the third game to be played in Sydney on Sunday. However, Finch, who was recently picked as Australia’s captain in ODIs, has not done all that well with the bat and now with the Test series set to be played next, all eyes are on who make the hosts’ final line-up.

Uncapped opener Marcus Harris has been picked for India series

Australia have picked uncapped opener Marcus Harris, Finch’s mate from Victoria, for the India Tests while Usman Khawaja, who recovered from an injury he sustained in the UAE during the series against Pakistan, is also in the squad. After scoring a debut Test fifty as an opener against Pakistan, Finch has averaged less than 10 in the next 10 innings in white-ball cricket but he is not worried about opening in the first Test against India in Adelaide due to begin on December 6.

“At the end of the day I’m still practicing well, still hitting them well, still feel good,” Finch was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au in Sydney on Saturday. “I’ve been in this position before and it’s not alarming, it’s more just trying to get through that initial five-10 balls and reassess,” Finch, who got out in the first ball for a duck in the Melbourne T20I, added. “I’ve still been working very hard on my technique and doing a lot of work with (Australia batting coach) Graeme Hick and trying to adjust a couple of little things.”

Finch, who is ready to bat at any number for his team, will get an opportunity for the India Tests by playing for Victoria against Queensland in a JLT Sheffield Shield match in Brisbane next week.

He said timing in the middle in red ball is as important as preparation irrespective of the position one plays in. He also backed Victoria’s opening partnership between Harris and Travis Dean which he said has been doing fine for some years now.

Australia’s Test skipper Tim Paine, however, has said that he expects Finch to open for the side in the first Test even though the right-hand batsman who averages around 37 in first-class cricket could bat for his state in the middle order.

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