India vs Australia Live Score : 1st Test Match Day 1

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2010 Series kicks off today as Australia meets India in the first test match at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh where Australia has won the toss and elected to bat first. Dhoni has admitted that he wanted to wanted first as well however lost the toss as India has got a strong batting compared to its bowling and wants to make the first attempt.

Both the teams are playing with the full strength as no injury reported and Harbhajan singh from India has been declared fit. From India, Mishra, Vijay, Pujara and Sreesanth miss out as Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh and Ojha leading the bowling attack. Three quicks and Hauritz would lead the bowling attack for Australia as Bollinger comes back straight from the Champions League.

Teams

Australia: Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting(c), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Marcus North, Tim Paine(w), Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger

India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni(w/c), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma

Prediction:

It is just the gut feeling that Australia is going to dominate initially and India would hit back hard using their home conditions as it always seems that our Indian players bounce back hard where Australians are always motivated to win. Both the teams are playing with full strength and results would depend on some of the key players performance i.e. Sehwag, Tendulkar, Ponting, Clarke, Watson and Dravid.

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