IND vs AUS 2nd Test Preview at Bangalore - India vs Australia Teams for Second Test

After a thrilling nail-biting 1st test between bitter rivals India and Australia, teams are ready for the second and final test match starting from Saturday, 9th October to Wednesday, 13th Oct, 2010 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengalure and timing will be 4:00 GMT, 9:30 IST. India leading the 2 match series by 1-0.

India will be high on confidence after moral boosting win and they already retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy even they lost and they will be happy for even a draw but a 2-0 win will improve their points. Gautam Gambhir and 1st test hero Ishant Sharma out due to injury, and likely replace by M Vijay and Sreesanth respectively. Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund and Saurashtra quick bowler Jaidev Unadkat picked as backup.

Australia already lost Border-Gavaskar Trophy will try to level the series as Ricky Ponting finding his 1st win in India. Watson is in good form but Katich didn't contributed as expected while North failed in both innings. Doug Bollinger didn't bowl on the final session and his inclusion is doubtful.

Indian Playing 11 for 2nd Test at Bangalore:

Virender Sehwag, M Vijay/Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (C & wk), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Jaidev Unadkat/Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha/Amit Mishra.

Australian Playing 11 for 2nd Test at Bangalore

Shane Watson, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (C), Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Michael Hussey, Tim Paine (wk), Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Johnson, Doug Bollinger/James Pattinson, Nathan Hauritz