India vs Australia 2nd Test Live Score Update

Mighty Australians after a heartbroken loss in the first test looking to make a come back in the 2nd test of two test match series. To done, what was left undone, Australia have won the toss and elected to bat first despite of pitch report which predicted some help for the bowlers, however now it seems that they made the right decision as after the first session they have made just under 100 runs without losing any wicket.

Shane Watson 54 off 73 balls and Simon Katich 39 off 90 balls looking firm and playing the Indian bowlers with no trouble at all. Zaheer Khan has bowled 6 overs conceeding 24 runs where as Sreesanth, Harbhajan and Ojha have bowled 7 overs each conceeding 26, 22 and 22 runs respectively. None of the bowlers have impresses so far and failed to clinch any wicket.

There some changes made to both the sides mainly due to injuries. Cheteshwar Pujara is playing his first test match while 1st Test stars Ishant Sharma and VVS Laxman have been given rest due to injuries. Murali Vijay is also in the playing eleven on the place of Gambhir. For Australia, Peter George is playing in the place of Bollinger.

Here are the playing squads:

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

India:
Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(c) (w), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth & Pragyan Ojha

Prediction:
It seems to me and it is only a gut feeling that this match would be heading towards the draw. Australians look pretty firm and Indian battng line up looks pretty strong as well. Dravid is for sure not going to give his wicket easily in this match. Lets wait and watch.