'Harris to open if Pucovski remains unfit', says Justin Langer

Pucovski seemed to have solved Australia's opening woes after Joe Burns and Matthew Wade couldn't sail through.

His comeback from a concussion resulted in Burns' expulsion.

Meanwhile, senior batsman David Warner too was recalled even though he didn't recover fully from his groin injury.

Although Warner looked far from his best in Sydney, Australia will likely back him for the Brisbane Test.

Speaking on the same, Langer said, "Will had a sore shoulder before he fell, he was going to have a scan after that day's play anyway, just to see what was happening."

"We will see how he pulls up today, we are really hopeful that he will get up and if he doesn't, then the obvious thing would be Marcus Harris would come in."

In the absence of Pucovski, Harris remains the only opener in the reserves, considering Burns' poor form.

The left-handed batsman played the two tour games, having registered scores of 26, 5, 35 and 25*.

He last featured in the 2019 Ashes series for Australia.

Overall, Harris has racked up 385 runs from nine Tests at an average of 24.06, so far.

India made a terrific comeback on the final day of the SCG Test, which was drawn eventually.

An astonishing 97 by Rishabh Pant turned the fortunes of Team India early in the day, while Vihari (23*) and Ashwin (39*) endured the final few hours to ensure India a safe passage.

Now, the series-decider will be played in Brisbane from January 15.