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Himself struggling to get going on pitches which have been very challenging for the batsmen. However, he shouldn’t have been as difficult as it has been for someone of Smith’s caliber who has shown his class on spin-friendly tracks in the past. For India, on the other hand, it has been business as usual.
A stronger Australian challenge was predicted this time given India’s injuries and their own struggles against spinners. However, that didn’t happen on the second day of the Delhi Test when Australia found themselves in a strong position before slipping away in spectacular fashion.
Will the story be repeated in Indore? Only time will tell.
More than a series win, a positive result in the third Test would secure India a place in the final of the ICC World Test Championship.
full squad
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav , Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnman, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Cameron Green, Scott Boland, Lance Morris
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