The Indian squad for the first Test against Australia is as follows: Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithviraj Shah, Chateshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Saha (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Shami
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The match will be played with a pink ball in the floodlights. It seems that the curator has kept the lawn on the Adelaide pitch. With that .. fast bowlers are likely to challenge the first two days of the match. After that the pitch will gradually adapt to the batsmen. The real danger lies with left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who has a better record with the pink ball. Also Steve Smith .. He has scored 7 centuries in the last 8 Tests against India. With that .. Teamindia has to enter the ring with a special plan to bind Smith ..!
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