Uncapped opener Sam Konstas wins a call-up for the omitted Nathan McSweeney, while all-rounder Beau Webster and pace duo Sean Abbott and Jhye Richardson are also included in the 15-player group for the Melbourne and Sydney Tests.
In five completed innings so far in Border-Gavaskar series, only once have India managed an opening stand of more than 12 runs.
In a match that has lost almost two days to rain, India have no real hope of winning and are hoping to salvage a draw and head to Melbourne on Boxing Day with the series locked at 1-1.
Bumrah, easily the visitors' star man so far in the series, said it was difficult for the players to come out to Australia and play in such different conditions from what they are used to.
"He's the MVP, isn't he? Most valuable primate," she said on Sunday while commentating for Fox during the second day's play at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Needing 245 to avoid the follow-on, India lost wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant during a stop-start session in which only 6.5 overs were bowled because of three rain delays.
Despite Jasprit Bumrah’s 12th five-wicket haul in Tests for the visitors, the hosts had a field day with the bat.
While the ton was his first in 24 Test innings - the previous having come against England in the Ashes last year - Smith believes he was ticking all the boxes over the past month in the lead up to the series.
Head scored a magnificent 152 and Smith a gritty 101 at the Gabba in Brisbane to put Australia into a strong position to go 2-1 up in the five-Test series.
Uncapped opener Sam Konstas wins a call-up for the omitted Nathan McSweeney, while all-rounder Beau Webster and pace duo Sean Abbott and Jhye Richardson are also included in the 15-player group for the Melbourne and Sydney Tests.
In five completed innings so far in Border-Gavaskar series, only once have India managed an opening stand of more than 12 runs.
In a match that has lost almost two days to rain, India have no real hope of winning and are hoping to salvage a draw and head to Melbourne on Boxing Day with the series locked at 1-1.
Bumrah, easily the visitors' star man so far in the series, said it was difficult for the players to come out to Australia and play in such different conditions from what they are used to.
"He's the MVP, isn't he? Most valuable primate," she said on Sunday while commentating for Fox during the second day's play at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Needing 245 to avoid the follow-on, India lost wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant during a stop-start session in which only 6.5 overs were bowled because of three rain delays.
Despite Jasprit Bumrah’s 12th five-wicket haul in Tests for the visitors, the hosts had a field day with the bat.
While the ton was his first in 24 Test innings - the previous having come against England in the Ashes last year - Smith believes he was ticking all the boxes over the past month in the lead up to the series.
Head scored a magnificent 152 and Smith a gritty 101 at the Gabba in Brisbane to put Australia into a strong position to go 2-1 up in the five-Test series.
In the wake of India's 10-wicket thrashing inside three days in the second Test at Adelaide on Sunday, there will be a growing clamour for Shami to be parachuted into Brisbane for the third test against the hosts.
