Indian cricket legend and Channel 7 commentator Sunil Gavaskar has cast doubt over Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood’s injury.

Writing a column for Indian news outlet Sportstar, Gavaskar has suggested Hazlewood was dropped for making divisive comments about the team during the first Test in Perth.

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“The panic in the Australian ranks is palpable, what with former players calling for heads to be chopped off and some even hinting at cracks in the Australian team after Josh Hazlewood’s media interview at the end of the third day’s play, where he suggested that it was up to the batters to now do something,” Gavaskar wrote.

“Now, a few days later, Hazlewood is out of the second Test and possibly the series too with a supposed side strain.

“Strange, that, since nobody had noticed anything wrong with Hazlewood at that media conference.

“Mystery, mystery — the like of which used to be common in Indian cricket in the past. Now it’s the Aussies, and like old McDonald, I’m simply loving it.”

The comments he is referring to came after India’s second innings where they ripped the heart out of the Australians with a match-winning score of 6-487 declared.

When asked about the match, Hazlewood’s response was certainly interesting.

“You probably have to ask one of the batters that question,” he said.

“I’m sort of relaxing and trying to get a bit of physio and a bit of treatment, and I’m probably looking mostly towards the next Test and what plans we can do.

“I guess the batters are just sticking to what they do, their preparation, they’ll have a hit in the morning and talk around plans of how what happened in the first innings, how they can negate that and move forward and improve on that.”

The comments immediately raised eyebrows.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan said he had never heard an Australian player come out and “divide the camp into batters and bowlers”.

On Saturday, Hazlewood was out of the side with a side strain injury.

Now, it is highly unlikely Hazlewood was dropped given he was one of Australia’s best players in the first Test with match figures of 5-57.

But the conspiracy theory will certainly ruffle a few feathers in the Australian camp and continues to drive the narrative that the team is divided.

Star Aussie batter Travis Head also addressed suggestions that there were fractures within the team.

“It can be put to bed,” Head said on Monday (yesterday).

“We hold high expectations for both sides (batting and bowling) and it’s a very individualised sport.

“So batters, we want to hold our own – we know how good our bowlers have been for us in the past and they’ve got us out of trouble a lot.

“As a batting group, we know that if we get enough runs on the board, we put ourselves in a great position.

“As a batter myself, I try to take a whole lot of pride in what I do, and knowing that if I can set it up for the big boys, that they can knock it down for us, so definitely no divide.”

Head also backed Marnus Labuschagne to rally amid critics querying his place in the team after an extended run of low scores.

“Knowing Marnus, he would have worked on a few things over the last few days and it would have been hard to probably keep him out of the nets,” he said.

“No doubt over the next few days we’ll see him working hard again.

“He’s a guy that has played well over a long period of time. He would like some more runs – so would everyone.

“And he’s got an opportunity over the next few days to continue to do what he does … I just hope he goes in fresh and eager to play well.”

– With AAP