Toss Australia chose to bat v India
Australia's captain Michael Clarke won the toss for the third time on
this tour and chose to bat against India in Mohali. After the entire
first day was washed out by rain, Clarke and his team had a steep task
ahead to push for the result that would keep them in the series, having
lost heavily in each of the first two Tests.
India made two changes to the team from Hyderabad, dropping Virender
Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh for the young debutant opener Shikhar Dhawan
and the left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha.
The visitors' changes had been largely forced by the suspension of four
players plus an ankle injury to Matthew Wade, leaving Brad Haddin to
come in as the wicketkeeper, while Steve Smith slotted into the top six
and Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon were recalled.
The pitch appeared flat and even, and while it may provide the best pace
and bounce of any surface used in this series it can also be expected
to spin later.
India 1 M Vijay, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Sachin
Tendulkar, 5 Virat Kohli, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja,
8 R Ashwin, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Pragyan Ojha
Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Ed Cowan, 3 Michael Clarke (capt), 4
Phillip Hughes, 5 Steve Smith, 6 Brad Haddin (wk), 7 Moises Henriques, 8
Peter Siddle, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Xavier Doherty
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