2nd Test Live! Australia wins toss, to bat first vs India

March 02, 2013 09:07

Good morning!!

Welcome to the live commentary of the second Test between India and Australia.

Michael Clarke gets it right with the coin yet again and Australia will bat first in Uppal.

"It feels harder than Chennai and will deteriorate as the game goes on," reasoned the Australian captain. The visitors hand a debut to Glenn Maxwell, who replaces an injured Matthew Wade. Phillip Hughes will keep wickets.

India feels an unchanged team.

Team:

India:

MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma

Australia:

Michael Clarke (captain), David Warner, Ed Cowan, Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon.

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