IND v AUS 2020, 2nd Test: India's predicted playing XI

Bowlers: Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

Ashwin bowled beautifully in the first innings of the 1st Test

The bowling lineup will see only one change from the 1st Test, as Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the final 3 Tests with a fractured arm. The pacer will be replaced by either Mohammed Siraj or Navdeep Saini, and this call will be touch-and-go.

Saini did pick up 3 wickets in the first innings of the second warm-up game, but the ball was doing a lot under the lights and two of his scalps were tail-enders. Siraj, on the other hand, took 5 wickets across the two games and hurried the batsmen with a bit of extra pace and bounce.

As a result, we could see Siraj get his maiden Test cap, although it must be said that Saini has an almost equal chance for the same.

Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav will make up the rest of the bowling attack. While the former two were accurate and penetrative in the 1st Test, Yadav was a tad wayward at times although he did pick up 3 wickets in the first innings.