Update: Australia in India 2017 - Fixtures, News & Score updates..

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Fixtures:

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Indian Squad for first 2 Test Matches:

Virat Kohli (capt),
M Vijay,
KL Rahul,
Cheteshwar Pujara,
Ajinkya Rahane,
W Saha (wk),
R Ashwin,
Ravindra Jadeja,
Ishant Sharma,
Bhuvneshwar Kumar,
Umesh Yadav,
Karun Nair,
Jayant Yadav,
Kuldeep Yadav,
Abhinav Mukund,
Hardik Pandya.

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1st Test: India v Australia at Pune, Feb 23-27, 2017

Match scheduled to begin at 09:30 local time (04:00 GMT)

India Squad
V Kohli*, R Ashwin, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, A Mukund, KK Nair, HH Pandya, CA Pujara, AM Rahane, KL Rahul, WP Saha†, I Sharma, M Vijay, J Yadav, UT Yadav

Australia Squad
SPD Smith*, DA Warner, AC Agar, JM Bird, PSP Handscomb, JR Hazlewood, UT Khawaja, NM Lyon, MR Marsh, SE Marsh, GJ Maxwell, SNJ O'Keefe, MT Renshaw, MA Starc, MJ Swepson, MS Wade†

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Australia Won the toss and chose to bat first.

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Score at Stumps - Day 1

Australia 256/9 (94.0 overs)

Mitchell Starc (lhb) 57* (58)
Josh Hazlewood (lhb) 1* (31)

Ishant Sharma (rfm) 11.0 0 27 0
Ravichandran Ashwin (ob) 34.0 10 59 2

Wickets:
MS Wade† lbw b UT Yadav 8 (20)
SNJ O'Keefe c †Saha b UT Yadav 0 (13)
NM Lyon lbw b UT Yadav 0 (1)
MT Renshaw c Vijay b Ashwin 68 (156)
MR Marsh lbw b Jadeja 4 (18)
SPD Smith c Kohli b Ashwin 27 (95)
PSP Handscomb lbw b Jadeja 22 (45)
SE Marsh c Kohli b J Yadav 16 (55)
DA Warner b UT Yadav 38 (77)

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Stumps - Day 2

Australia 260 & 143/4 (46.0 overs)
India 105
Australia lead by 298 runs with 6 wickets remaining

Steven Smith (rhb) 59* (117)
Mitchell Marsh (rhb) 21* (48)

Ravindra Jadeja (sla) 17.0 6 26 0
Ishant Sharma (rfm) 3.0 0 6 0

Wickets:
DA Warner lbw b Ashwin 10 (6)
SE Marsh lbw b Ashwin 0 (21)
PSP Handscomb c Vijay b Ashwin 19 (34)
MT Renshaw c Sharma b J Yadav 31 (50)

Indian wickets:
M Vijay c †Wade b Hazlewood 10 (19)
KL Rahul c Warner b O'Keefe 64 (97)
CA Pujara c †Wade b Starc 6 (23)
V Kohli* c Handscomb b Starc 0 (2)
AM Rahane c Handscomb b O'Keefe 13 (55)
R Ashwin c Handscomb b Lyon 1 (4)
WP Saha† c Smith b O'Keefe 0 (2)
RA Jadeja c Starc b O'Keefe 2 (14)
J Yadav st †Wade b O'Keefe 2 (10)
UT Yadav c Smith b O'Keefe 4 (11)

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Day - 3

Australia 260 & 285
India 105 & 107 (33.5 overs)

Australia won by 333 runs

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Full Scorecard:




Credit: Espncricinfo...

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2nd Test: India v Australia at Bangalore, Mar 4-8, 2017

Match scheduled to begin at 09:30 local time (04:00 GMT)

India Squad
V Kohli*, R Ashwin, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, A Mukund, KK Nair, HH Pandya, CA Pujara, AM Rahane, KL Rahul, WP Saha†, I Sharma, M Vijay, J Yadav, UT Yadav

Australia Squad
SPD Smith*, DA Warner, AC Agar, JM Bird, PSP Handscomb, JR Hazlewood, UT Khawaja, NM Lyon, MR Marsh, SE Marsh, GJ Maxwell, SNJ O'Keefe, MT Renshaw, MA Starc, MJ Swepson, MS Wade†

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Stumps - Day 1

India 189
Australia 40/0 (16.0 overs)
Australia trail by 149 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

David Warner (lhb) 23* (51)
Matt Renshaw (lhb) 15* (47)

Ravichandran Ashwin (ob) 6.0 0 11 0
Ravindra Jadeja (sla) 1.0 0 5 0

Wickets:
KL Rahul c Renshaw b Lyon 90 (205)
RA Jadeja c Smith b Lyon 3 (16)
I Sharma c Handscomb b Lyon 0 (1)
WP Saha c Smith b Lyon 1 (14)
R Ashwin c Warner b Lyon 7 (14)
KK Nair st †Wade b O'Keefe 26 (39)
AM Rahane st †Wade b Lyon 17 (42)
V Kohli lbw b Lyon 12 (17)
CA Pujara c Handscomb b Lyon 17 (66)
A Mukund lbw b Starc 0 (8)

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Stumps - Day 2

India 189
Australia 237/6 (106.0 overs)
Australia lead by 48 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Matthew Wade (lhb) 25* (68)
Mitchell Starc (lhb) 14* (19)

Ravichandran Ashwin (ob) 41.0 10 75 1
Umesh Yadav (rfm) 24.0 7 57 1

wickets:
SE Marsh c Nair b Yadav 66 (197)
MR Marsh lbw b Sharma 0 (11)
PSP Handscomb c Ashwin b Jadeja 16 (30)
MT Renshaw st †Saha b Jadeja 60 (196)
SPD Smith c †Saha b Jadeja 8 (52)
DA Warner b Ashwin 33 (67)