Australia 95 for no loss, Laxman to miss Test

Bengaluru: Australia has got off to an excellent start in the second Test of the Gavaskar-Border Trophy at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

At lunch they have scored 95 for no loss  with Shane Watson on 54 and Simon Katich on 39.

Laxman to miss Bengaluru Test

Earlier, the hero of India’s victory in the Mohali Test, VVS Laxman was declared unfit for the second Test.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat on a cloudy morning in the second Test of the Gavaskar-Border Trophy at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday.

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Australia also dropped an unfit Doug Bollinger for the second Test making way for Peter George.

For India Cheteshwar Pujara will play in place of Laxman. Pacer S. Sreesanth too came into the eleven in place of injured Ishant Sharma

Teams

India: M.S. Dhoni (captain) Virender Sehwag,  M Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh , Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha.

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