India tour of Australia: Australia vs India 2nd Test Live Scores at Brisbane, Dec 17-21, 2014.
Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (00:00 GMT)
Series: India tour of Australia 2014
Match Teams: Australia vs India
Match Time: 5:30 AM IST, 00:00 GMT
Match Venue: Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Toss: India, who chose to bat first
Recent Matches results:
Australia W L L W L
India L L L L W
Preview
MS Dhoni's return for India will likely mark a change in approach for the visitors, more pragmatic than the death or glory surge authored by Virat Kohli on Adelaide's entrancing final day. Nonetheless, Dhoni may have learned a thing or two from how Kohli attacked, and by doing so brought India closer to competing with Australia than at almost any stage of the 2011-12 tour. If Mohammed Shami, Varun Aaron and Ishant Sharma can find the right lengths on the sort of surface they are seldom fortunate enough to bowl on, India may have a chance.
Match Stats
1.Steven Smith will be Australia's 45th Test captain, and youngest since Kim Hughes in 1979
2.Shaun and Mitchell Marsh are the first Australian brothers to play together in a Test since Mark and Steve Waugh played their last together against Pakistan in the UAE in 2002
3.India have never won a Test at the Gabba, but had the better of a draw on their visit in 2003. The last time Australia lost at the Gabba was 26 years ago, against West Indies.
Teams
India team:I Sharma,MS Dhoni,RG Sharma,V Kohli,M Vijay,S Dhawan,CA Pujara,AM Rahane,R Ashwin,VR Aaron,Shami Ahmed,U Yadav
Australia team:MG Johnson,SR Watson,BJ Haddin,RJ Harris,PM Siddle,DA Warner,SPD Smith,MR Marsh,Nathan Lyon,CJL Rogers,J Hazlewood,SE Marsh,Mitchell Starc