Green concussed by head blow, subbed out for Australia A

Australia's Test plans for the upcoming Vodafone Series have been further clouded with budding allrounder Cameron Green subbed out of the Australia A tour match with a "mild" concussion after being struck in the head while bowling.

Green was in his second spell of the day-night tour game against India at the SCG when tailender Jasprit Bumrah clubbed a scorching straight drive at the 21-year-old who was unable to react in time.

The ball burst through Green's hands and hit him on the right side of the head.

Mohammed Siraj, at the non-striker's end, dropped his bat and immediately rushed to check on Green.

The 21-year-old forced to sit on the pitch before being attended by members of the Australia A Dettol Medical Team.

After being examined for a minute or two, he left the field for further assessment in the dressing room.

A Cricket Australia spokesperson confirmed Green had been withdrawn from the remainder of match, and Victorian batsman Patrick Rowe named as his concussion replacement.

CA team doctor Pip Inge said: "This is Cameron’s first concussion. He has returned to the team hotel and will not play the remaining two days of the tour match.

"We will continue to monitor him and provide an update on his condition in due course."

It's the second head blow suffered by an Australia A player in as many games, with Green's fellow Test squad member Will Pucovski diagnosed with mild concussion after being struck while batting in the tour game at Drummoyne Oval earlier this week.

Green was bowling his seventh over and had claimed the wicket of India's number three Shubman Gill as the tourists batting – minus captain Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara – collapsed to 9-123 before some free swinging from Bumrah that netted the tailender his highest first-class score.

Vodafone Test Series v India 2020-21

Australia Test squad: Tim Paine (c), Sean Abbott, Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner

India Test squad: Virat Kohli (c) (first Test only), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj

First Test: December 17-21, Adelaide Oval, 3pm AEDT (day-night)

Second Test: December 26-30, MCG, 10.30am AEDT

Third Test: January 7-11, SCG, 10.30am AEDT

Fourth Test: January 15-19, Gabba, 11am AEDT