March 4 (CRICKETNMORE) - Indian captain Virat Kohli opt to bat after winning the toss in the second test against Australia at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. India made two changes - Abhinav Mukund comes in for Murali Vijay who has injured his shoulder in Pune test while Karun Nair replaced Jayant Yadav.  Australia are going with the same team which won the first test.

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Quotes

Virat Kohli - We have come here fresh. We will use the learning from first test. It looks a good wicket and a good toss to win.

Steve Smith - We'll have to start well with the ball in the morning. Hopeully, we can do that and pick up a few early wickets. The first Test is always very important. It is nice to be 1-0 up. As I said in the presser, India will come back hard at us. 

Playing XI

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India: Abhinav Mukund, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma

Australia: Matt Renshaw, David Warner, Steven Smith(c), Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade(w), Mitchell Starc, Steve O'Keefe, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood


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