Australians follow-on before salvaging draw
India A's spinners ran through the Australians lower order to force the tourists to follow-on on the final day of warm-up game in Chennai which ended in a draw
16/02Result
Tour Match, Australia tour of India at Chennai, Feb 16-18 2013
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![India A]( "India A")
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![Australians]( "Australians")
235 & 195/3 (55 ov) (f/o)
16/02Result
Tour Match, Australia tour of India at Chennai, Feb 16-18 2013
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![India A]( "India A")
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![Australians]( "Australians")
235 & 195/3 (55 ov) (f/o)
Day 3
'Good to get under pressure before Tests' - Khawaja
After Australia followed-on, middle-order batsman Usman Khawaja spoke of the benefits of having to deal with pressure in game scenarios
Day 2
Tiwary, spinners make it India A's day
Australian batsmen lost four quick wickets just before stumps on the second day of their tour match against India A who scored 451 led by Manoj Tiwary's 129
'Australia's technique found wanting' - Tiwary
Manoj Tiwary sounded the first unofficial salvo in the run-up to the India-Australia series when he said that a good number of Australian batsmen had been "wanting" in their technique against the India A spinners
Day 1
Gambhir leads India A with hundred
Australia's bowlers were made to toil for wickets on the opening day of their second warm-up match against India A in Chennai
Early success eludes Australian spinners
Australia fielded three spinners in the tour match against India A and, apart from Xavier Doherty, they did not have much success
Others
Watson to be Australia's No. 4
Shane Watson has confirmed that he will bat at No.4 in the first Test against India in Chennai if, as expected, David Warner is fit to play
We'll play spin aggressively - Arthur
Australia's batsmen intend to exploit the growing pressure on India's spin bowlers when the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series begins in Chennai on Friday
India begin training camp in Bangalore
India's three-day conditioning camp in preparation for the four-Test series began on Saturday in Bangalore
Gambhir's chance to stake a claim
The presence of Gautam Gambhir in the match between India A and the Australians is going to be a constant reminder of his absence from the team for the first Test