Indian great Sunil Gavaskar Friday warned Will Pucovski will face a short ball barrage if picked for the first Test in Adelaide, despite the Australian rookie recovering from a concussion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With David Warner out of the next week's clash with an adductor muscle injury, Pucovski, 22, was widely tipped to replace him and open with Joe Burns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But that is up in the air after he was felled by a delivery from Kartik Tyagi in a warm-up match this week, suffering "mild concussion symptoms".<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He remained in Sydney to recover while the rest of the squad traveled to Adelaide ahead of the first of four Tests starting on December 17.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
If Pucovski takes the field, Gavaskar said he would be fair game for short-pitched deliveries, despite having a history of concussions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Definitely. I think you would expect that to happen," Gavaskar, who is in Australia as commentator, told the Sydney Daily Telegraph Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Once you enter the ground whether it's playing for your country, or even playing for your state or club, you're going to cop it."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"If the word is that you're not really comfortable against a particular delivery, you're going to get a lot of it," he added. "I don't see India easing up because he's had a history of concussion."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He said Australia would do the same if an Indian player had a similar weakness, and pointed to Mohammed Shami as India's best short-ball proponent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"He's got as good a bouncer as any I've seen," said Gavaskar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite what could be a fiery reception, Australian pace spearhead Pat Cummins insisted Pucovski could take whatever was thrown at him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"For someone like Will, he has been hearing that for a couple of years and scoring two double centuries, back-to-back (in the Sheffield Shield) he can handle that pretty well," he said from Adelaide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Of course (short bowling) is a weapon we like to use, here in Australia there are slightly bouncier wickets and we try to push the batter back.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"But I can't see it being too much of a headline-grabber this summer."
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