Cameron Green is all set to miss the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Australian all-rounder will be undergoing lower spine surgery and is all set to miss at least six months of cricket with Green sustaining his fifth stress fracture in his lower back.
A release shared by Cricket Australia has confirmed that the decision was made by Green after consultation with the board's medical team. Green had sustained an initial injury in September in UK.
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Green followed the same recovery process as followed by James Pattinson, Jason Behrendorff, Ben Dwarshuis, New Zealand pacers Shane Bond and Matt Henry which required having screws and a titanium cable fused into the lower back. The process is done to provide stability to the stress fracture and acts as a precautionary measure as well.
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With Green ruled out of action for at least for six months and with a possibility of his recovery taking even longer, Green is ruled out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India's tour of Sri Lanka as well as the ICC Champions Trophy.
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It could be a matter of touch and go for Green for the IPL where he plies his trade for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as of now and the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June if Australia reach the final. The 25-year-old might even go on to miss Australia's Test tour of West Indies in June-July next year.
Green has so far played 28 Tests, 28 ODIs and 13 T20Is for India.