Burns failure raises more questions

Joe Burns posted a second successive Boxing Day duck as selectors weigh up the best way to reintegrate opening batsman David Warner when he is fit.

Burns was the first wicket to fall in the second Test as India bowled out the home side for 195 on day one at the MCG.

Fellow opener Matthew Wade (30) and No.5 batsman Travis Head (38) failed to cash in on positive starts and Steve Smith was dismissed without scoring in an extension of his struggles in Adelaide.

But it was Burns’ third duck in seven ...