According to reports on March 1, 2013, Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha is expected to play in the 2nd Test against Australia.
The 2nd cricket Test between India vs Australia will be played at Hyderabad on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. India time. The Ind vs Aus 2nd Test live scorecard can be seen here at 04:30 GMT.
Australia wicket keeper Mathew Wade is reportedly injured and is doubtful to play in this match. They are also considering to play backup spinners Xavier Doherty and Glenn Maxwell.
India is likely to play the same squad that won the 1st Test. If Ojha play's it will be at the expense of either Singh or Sharma.
The Temperature in Chennai is predicted to be 35C much higher than Chennai. The pitch is expected to help the spinners.
ESPN-Star Cricket has the rights to telecast the match in India while Star Sports will be live streaming the Test at its website www.starsports.com
The probable players are as below:
Australia: 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: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 M Vijay, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 Virat Kohli, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni , 8 R Ashwin, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 and 11 Bhuvneshwar Kumar/ Ishant Sharma/Pragyan Ojha.
The highlights will be uploaded here after the day's play.
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