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After being undone by spin and Dhoni in Chennia the tour moves to Hyderabad, the Aussies having a few questions to answer. In good news the pitch is meant to provide a bit more for the seamers, its a slightly harder surface than most other Indian grounds but it will still grip and turn from day one.
The talk is Australia will go in unchanged, Starc being the lucky man to keep his spot, though no XI has been released. Wade also fractured a cheekbone on the eve of the game but barring any late complications should be right to go.
Australia: (possible) 1 David Warner, 2 Ed Cowan, 3 Phillip Hughes, 4 Shane Watson, 5 Michael Clarke (capt), 6 Matthew Wade (wk)/Usman Khawaja, 7 Moises Henriques, 8 Peter Siddle, 9 Mitchell Starc/Mitchell Johnson/Xavier Doherty, 10 James Pattinson, 11 Nathan Lyon
India dominated the first test and the only talk of change is whether to turn the screws even more and bring in Ojha; their best bowler against England for one of the seamers.
India: (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 M Vijay, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 Virat Kohli, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 and 11 Bhuvneshwar Kumar/ Ishant Sharma/Pragyan Ojha
Its going to be hot and sweaty, no rain and 35 degree forecasts for the five days, if we're any chance we need a big first innings, 500 is par batting first so we need a few in the top order to stand up and get on with their starts.
The talk is Australia will go in unchanged, Starc being the lucky man to keep his spot, though no XI has been released. Wade also fractured a cheekbone on the eve of the game but barring any late complications should be right to go.
Australia: (possible) 1 David Warner, 2 Ed Cowan, 3 Phillip Hughes, 4 Shane Watson, 5 Michael Clarke (capt), 6 Matthew Wade (wk)/Usman Khawaja, 7 Moises Henriques, 8 Peter Siddle, 9 Mitchell Starc/Mitchell Johnson/Xavier Doherty, 10 James Pattinson, 11 Nathan Lyon
India dominated the first test and the only talk of change is whether to turn the screws even more and bring in Ojha; their best bowler against England for one of the seamers.
India: (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 M Vijay, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 Virat Kohli, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 and 11 Bhuvneshwar Kumar/ Ishant Sharma/Pragyan Ojha
Its going to be hot and sweaty, no rain and 35 degree forecasts for the five days, if we're any chance we need a big first innings, 500 is par batting first so we need a few in the top order to stand up and get on with their starts.
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