India v Australia Second Test Preview at Sydney - IND v AUS 2nd Test Teams

Second test match between host Australia and India will be played from Tuesday, 3rd to Saturday 7th January, 2012 at Sydney Cricket Ground, SCG and timing will be 23:30 GMT, 11.00 local, 5:00 IST.

India lost the 1st test match after performed really well in the first 2 days of the match and they had a good chance but lost 8 wickets for just 64 runs on the 3rd morning. Gambhir is out of form and need to give good start while Tendulkar is under pressure to hit his 100th century but the main worry is Laxman who failed twice against his favorite team. Umesh Yadav bowled really well but Ishant was struggling.

Australia won mainly because of the contribution of Ponting who scored the margin of runs and Hussey. They replaced Ryan Harris in place of Daniel Christain but the playing 11 will be the same as their fast trio Pattinson, Siddle and Hilfenhaus bowled brilliantly.

India Team, Squad for Second Test at Sydney:

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav

Australia Team, Squad for Second Test at Sydney:

David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Machael Clarke,Michael Hussey,Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon.