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IND vs AUS Live: Ajinkya Rahane and Tim Paine will lead the 2 sides at MCG.© AFP
Having misplaced the primary Test in opposition to Australia in Adelaide, India shall be hoping to bounce again to successful methods, after they face the hosts within the second Test match, on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday. The guests shall be with out common captain Virat Kohli, who has been granted a paternity go away by the BCCI, and Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will take up the mantle. In the primary Test of the four-match sequence, India have been outclassed by a powerful Australian bowling assault. The guests suffered a dramatic collapse on Day three of the Test, as they completed at 36 for 9, their lowest Test complete in historical past. They shall be hoping to not repeat the identical abysmal efficiency, with Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj set to make their Test debuts. Also, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant will return to the beginning XI, instead of Wriddhiman Saha, Prithvi Shaw and Mohammed Shami. Pacer Shami is out injured and shall be lacking the remaining matches of the sequence. In Shami’s absence, Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav should lead the tempo assault. India’s batting collapse within the first Test has raised severe considerations, particularly with Kohli and Rohit Sharma not current within the workforce. The latter is presently in self-isolation, and shall be obtainable after the second Test. (LIVE SCORECARD)
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