Who will win India vs Australia 2nd Test?
India welcome Australia to Bangalore for the second test match of the four-match series, after Australia won the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Pune. Scheduled to start on March 4, the live action begins at 09:30 local time each day.
India vs Australia 2nd Test: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: SkySports 2, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 3
Live streaming: Hotstar
Toss Prediction
With a flat and slow pitch expected in Bangalore, the team winning toss should bat first. Australia won the toss and opted to bat in the first test.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for second match of Ind vs Aus test series.
India Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Coach Anil Kumble has publicly backed his team to bounce back from their heavy opening test defeat, stating he saw no reason to change the composition of the team. Out-of-form batsman Ajinkya Rahane is therefore likely to retain his place ahead of Karun Nair.
Key Players
Ravichandran Ashwin’s seven wickets in the first test was one of very few positives for India, who will need their batsmen to return to the form they showed in beating Bangladesh, England and New Zealand. Captain Virat Kohli is at the heart of that batting line-up, and is currently second behind opposite number Steve Smith in the ICC test rankings. Kohli has scored double centuries against Bangladesh, England and New Zealand already this winter.
Recent Form
India went into this test series in stunning form, having not lost in 19 test matches and won series against Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa in that time. Defeat to Australia in the opening test of this series brought that run to a shuddering halt, however, and it remains to be seen how Anil Kumble’s team respond.
India Predicted Playing 11
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Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandrin Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Australia have no injury concerns, and are likely to stick with the same 11 players who beat India so comfortably in Pune.
Key Players
Slow left arm bowler Steve O’Keefe stole the headlines in Pune, returning match figures of 12-70 – the best ever by a visiting bowler in India. Whether he can have as big an impact on a pitch offering much less assistance remains to be seen, however. O’Keefe’s heroics with the ball overshadowed Steve Smith’s century with the bat; the Australia captain is ranked as the world’s number one test batsman for good reason, and having also hit a century in the warm-up match is clearly a man in top form.
Recent Form
Australia have now won their last five consecutive test matches, with victories against India and South Africa sandwiching a 3-0 home whitewash of Pakistan around the turn of the year. Australia did, however, lose their series with South Africa and were whitewashed by Sri Lanka before that.
Australia Predicted Playing 11
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David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb, Matt Renshaw, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Steve O’Keefe, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
India vs Australia Head to Head
Before the opening test match in Pune, Australia had not won a test match in India since 2004, with nine of the previous 11 matches ending with an Indian victory. At Bangalore, however, the Aussies have the upper hand – the tourists have lost only once in their last five matches at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Betting Odds
Despite their thrashing in the first test match, India are seen as favourites for the second test against Australia. Bet365 and Betway both offer 1.91 for the hosts, while 1xbet have India at 1.95. Australia as high as 4.20 with betway, while bet365 are offering 3.40 for the draw.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Prediction
Australia’s big win in the first test match was unexpected, but India can storm back into form in Bangalore. After a 19-match unbeaten run prior to their batting disaster in Pune, Virat Kohli’s team can prove that defeat was just a temporary blip.
Final Verdict: India to bounce back from their heavy Pune defeat. So back India to beat Australia in the second test match at 1.95 with 1xbet, 1.91 with bet365 & betway.
Mar 04, 2017
09:30 IST / 4:00 GMT
M Chinnaswamy Stadium - Bengaluru, India
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