By CricketCountry Staff
India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bowl against Cricket Australia Chairman's XI in their first warm-up game at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.
Published: Dec 15, 2011, 05:40 AM (IST)
Edited: Dec 15, 2011, 05:40 AM (IST)
Rahul Dravid will lead India in absence of MS Dhoni © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Canberra: Dec 15, 2011
India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bowl against Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI in their first warm-up game at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.
Barely four days after a hectic series against the West Indies, India begin their tour of Australia with a two-day warm-up game against CA Chairman’s XI here on Thursday with focus on acclimatising to conditions ahead of the grueling Test series beginning later this month.
India are high on confidence after their 2-0 and 4-1 wins in the Test and ODI series against the West Indies and they would straightaway get down to their task of getting a feel of Australian conditions which would be much different from what they had faced at home.
Teams:
Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI: Wes Robinson, Ryan Broad (c), J Burns, Tom Cooper, Alex Doolan, Glenn Maxwell, Dean Solway, Tim Ludeman(wk), Josh Lalor, Jake Haberfield.
India: Rahul Dravid (c), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane.
