Australia v India

India squad: Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandaran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund, Hardik Pandya.
 
A 16 strong squad for a home series? Are the Australia of a few years ago?
 
It's not looking good for Khawaja left out of the warm up game for Marsh- he's playing a massive price for that Sri Lanka tour.

Aus 0/30
 
1) Renshaw
2) Warner
3) Smith (c)
4) Marsh
5) Handscomb
6) Maxwell
7) Wade
8) O'Keefe
9) Lyon
10) Hazlewood
11) Bird

Is the 11 we're playing with for the warmup game. You've gotta imagine that will be our team for the first game of the series with Starc in for Bird.
 
Today is the day- don't go with three spinners please.

This is tough, really tough. That pitch is an odd unknown Test pitch and it is bare. India haven't lost a Test since 2015. We have lost our past nine in Asia.
 
This team will get smashed or smash, there won't be anything in between. The very short odds are it will be over in three days and Australia will be in damage control.
 
This team will get smashed or smash, there won't be anything in between. The very short odds are it will be over in three days and Australia will be in damage control.

Two people need to stand up this series for the bat to be competitive.
And the bowlers have to have everything go their way.
That's the only way we are getting a result
 
Warner, Renshaw, Smith, Marsh, Handscomb, Marsh, Wade, Starc, O'Keefe, Lyon, Hazlewood.

Swing you little ball.
 
1. Warner
2. Renshaw
3. Smith (c)
4. S.Marsh
5. Handscomb
6. M.Marsh
7. Wade
8. Starc
9. O'Keefe
10. Lyon
11. Hazlewood
 
India XI: Rahul, Vijay, Pujara, Kohli (c), Rahane, Saha (wk), Ashwin, Jayant, Jadeja, Umesh, Sharma
 
Bat with intent, you have to score behind the wicket. They have to be smart here.
 
One down at lunch- big tick on winning the first session.
 
Never seen anyone retire with a sore tummy 15 minutes before a break.. Surely he could've held it..
 
Never seen anyone retire with a sore tummy 15 minutes before a break.. Surely he could've held it..

Maybe he was fighting it until it was unbearable. I hope the kid is alright to continue for the match
 
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