Australia all-rounder Cameron Green is likely to miss the entire Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 as he's likely to fly to New Zealand to undergo a surgery for his back injury.

Australia all-rounder Cameron Green may miss the entire Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which is slated to begin on November 22. The 25-year-old was expected to get fit by the first Test but later, it was reported that the cricketer might miss the opening game of the series and play the rest of the series as a batter only.

India could be without captain Rohit Sharma for one of the first two out of five Tests that they are slated to play against Australia away from home later this year. India will face Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy later this year in a five-match Test series at the latter's home.

Shane Watson has identified Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah as key Indian players to challenge Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.Shane Watson speaks about India's key men for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

Rohit Sharma has cited personal reasons to the BCCI regarding the possibility of him not be a part of either the first test from 22 November in Perth or the second test from 6-10 December at Adelaide.

With the crucial Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 looming, the question remains whether Smith will open against India at home. If not, then who would the Australian selectors turn to, considering they have already mentioned that none of the domestic openers are the country’s best six test batters at the moment?

India could be without Rohit Sharma for a match against Australia during the five-match Test series down under later this year. Rohit is expected to miss one match of the blockbuster series due to personal reasons.