Currently, a five-match Test series is being played between India and Australia. Team India won the first match of this series. The second match of the series will be played from December 06. Meanwhile, an Australian player has become the captain of the international team. This player is none other than Joe Burns. However, Joe Burns did not become the captain of the Australian team. He has become the new captain of the Italian cricket team. Joe Burns has played 23 Test matches for Australia. He has also played against India.
Has played a match against India
Joe Burns is 35 years old. He did not get many opportunities to play for Australia. Due to which he has turned to European countries. He also played a Test match against India in the year 2020. Where he played an innings of 51 runs off 63 balls in Adelaide Test match against Team India. This is the same match in which Team India was bowled out for just 35 runs. Joe Burns played the role of opening batsman from Australia.
I got the opportunity because of my mother
Burns went to Italy in May this year. Born in Brisbane, Burns was eligible to play for Italy through his mother’s heritage and made his debut for the Italian national team in June. This was the second time he made his debut in international cricket. I am honored to take on this role and represent Italy on the international stage,” Burns said in a statement on Thursday. If we look at his international career, he has scored 1442 runs in 40 innings of 23 Test matches. His average during this period has been 36.97. On the other hand, he has also played 6 ODI matches for Australia. However, he could not play a single T20 match for Australia. He made his T20 International debut for the Italian team.
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