India look to offset their batting issues and pull up a fine performance going into the second test against the mighty Australia at the SCG this Wednesday. Australia clearly dominated India in all aspects of the game last time around and will be in supreme form and confidence ahead of this clash at a ground which in recent past, owing to the amazing successes of the Baggy Green has often become the venue of the dead rubber test match.

The pitch of the SCG, a spinners paradise in the past is sporting grass patches which could be a concern for the Indian batsmen who never looked at ease in their last outing against Lee, Bracken and Clark. The major concern of the Indian team would be the poor form of the dynamic midfield duo of Yuvraj and Dhoni in their last match and the team would be hoping that the two rising stars of Indian cricket prove their undoubted talent and mettle against the Aussies attack. Wasim Jaffer has been given another chance in place of Virender Sehwag and there are no changes expected in a bowling line-up which performed exceedingly well at the MCG last time around. India should be encouraged by their last test on the SCG four years back on Steve Waugh’s farewell, when a double century by Sachin Tendulkar guided India to a massive total of 705.India went onto draw the match and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India will be panting over the fitness of two of their best performers of the first test-Zaheer Khan and Sourav Ganguly, both of whom are down with viral infection and are a major doubt for tomorrow’s clash. Australia on the other hand have no such issues and are expected to retain the same line up that trashed India by 337 runs in the first test. Australia have won their last fifteen test matches on a trot and would be looking to equal their previous record of 16 wins in a row going into their first match of a new year.

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