Cricinfo reported on March 1, 2013, that Australian Matthew Wade was hurt in the cheek while facing throw downs in the nets and is doubtful to play the 2nd Test against India in Hyderabad on Saturday.
The 2nd Test will be played at Hyderabad on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. India time. The Ind vs Aus live scorecard can be seen here at 4:00 GMT onwards.
Mathew Wade was the only wicket keeper named in the 15 men Australian team. If he is not fit to play, then Phillip Hughes is likely to keep wickets.
India are unlikely to make any changes to the side that won the 1st Test in Chennai.
The temperature is predicted to be around 35C on Saturday and there is no rain forecast over the next five day's in Hyderabad. The pitch is expected to assist the spinners.
Star Cricket TV channel will live telecast the match live in India. Star Sports will be live streaming the match live at its website www.Starsports.com.
The teams are as below:
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 Ishant Sharma.
Australia: 1 David Warner, 2 Ed Cowan, 3 Phillip Hughes, 4 Shane Watson, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Matthew Wade, 7 Moises Henriques, 8 Peter Siddle, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 James Pattinson, 11 Nathan Lyon.
The highlights can be watched here after the game is over.
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