Friday, December 5, 2014

Australia vs India — strengths and weaknesses

Analysis of Australia and India squad before the four-Test series, which starts in Adelaide on Tuesday. [Text: Reuters]

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Dom • 3 hours ago Report Abuse
Our guys are going to get another beating down under and this time kohli will still be out of sorts with the swing and conditions.
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TOP ORDER — India will have the flamboyant Shikhar Dhawan and the relatively calm Murali Vijay to see off the new ball against Australia's fiery pace attack.

Dhawan failed to score a 50 in six innings in England before losing his place at the top of the order and will need to be more compact with his technique on the bouncy Australian pitches.

Cheteshwar Pujara did not have a great 2014 in tests and will have to do more to justify the comparisons...more