CHENNAI: Big-hitting Australia opener
Aaron Finch aggravated his right calf injury during a practice session and is facing a race against time to be fit for the first ODI against India on September 17.
Finch got injured during practice at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and pulled out of the rest of the session, cricket.com.au reported on Thursday.
In the event of Finch being ruled out of the first game, Australia may turn to
Travis Head
or
Hilton Cartwright, the report said.
The Victorian had been rested from Australia's warm-up match on Tuesday due to the injury, which he suffered while playing for
Surrey
in England six weeks ago.
Uncapped all-rounder Cartwright opened in Finch's absence in the warm-up game, but was dismissed for a second-ball duck in Australia's 103-run win.
Australia's stand-in coach
David Saker had indicated earlier that Head was the "preferred choice" for the No.4 slot in the line-up.
The left-hander, during an interaction with the media, said he would be happy to bat up the order.
"Hopefully I'll get the chance to go up the order again and bat at No.4," he said.
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