like Zaheer Khan. Ashok Dinda is a bit one-dimensional as he only likes to hit the deck hard while Bhuvneshwar Kumar lacks pace and has not even bowled much with the old white ball in ODIs.
This means extensive workload for Ishant Sharma, who will be carrying the burden of the pace attack. The lanky Delhi lad is getting better but having one among Dinda or Bhuvneshwar would not be a bad idea as that would help bowl well in tandem.
For the visitors, it will be a test of their new-look batting attack which neither has Ricky Ponting nor Mike Hussey. In the two warm-up games, save Cowan and Watson, others didn't look too comfortable against lesser-known spinner like Parveez Rasool, Rakesh Dhruv and Jalaj Saxena.
The middle-order is vulnerable where skipper Clarke, who is straightaway coming into the Test match, after recuperating from an injury, will hold key. Similarly with Warner, who will be expected to give the visitors blazing start with his aggressive strokeplay.
Squads
Australia (from): Michael Clarke (captain), Ed Cowan, David Warner, Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Moises Henriques, Matthew Wade (wk), Nathan Lyon, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Glenn Maxwell (12th man).
India (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Match starts at 9.30 am (IST).
