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#4 Aaron Finch desperate to play third Test despite finger injury

Aaron Finch

Aussie opener Aaron Finch, who suffered a blow on his finger in the second Test, joked that he would cut his finger off for the upcoming third Test against India.

He recently recovered from the injury and returned to training today.

"It was a bit of a shock, just the initial pain was the thing that got me. It felt like it was going to explode, which was quite funny," he said while speaking about the issue.

"I think just being hit a few times in the last month, a couple times by [Mitchell] 'Starcy' at training then Shami out in the game, but it's also an old break.

"I broke the same finger in Sri Lanka a couple of years ago, so I've got to start either catching them or use my bat instead of my gloves," he continued.