Indian pacer Umesh Yadav hobbled off the field on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test against Australia after suffering an injury. 

Umesh ambled through his run-up while delivering the third ball of his fourth over, which was the eighth of the Australian second innings. 

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He looked in pain thereafter and immediately called for the physio before walking away with him, as fellow paceman Mohammed Siraj completed the over. 

While the clarity on the extent of Umesh's injury is yet awaited, the BCCI said, he "complained of pain in his calf while bowling his 4th over and was assessed by the BCCI medical team. He is being taken for scans now."

India will hope the injury isn't serious and Umesh is able to get back on the park quickly. The tourists are already missing the services of their two other first-choice quicks Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Shami because of injuries. 

In the ongoing Test, they'll be relieved to have gone in with five bowling options to shoulder the burden of the attack as they try and force their way back into the series with a win in Melbourne.