I consider England the only other top team to have a current wave of young players coming through, and even then, have had almost the exact same side since their tour of Australia which shows that their younger players have had plenty of experience. Australia have only just begun with their newer players (Pattinson, Cowan, Lyon) only starting this summer. India and South Africa still have a veteran side. India have had almost the exact same side for nearl 10 years (with the exception of 2 or 3 players). Look at the Indian lineup and the amount of experience in that roster and compare it to Australia's.

EDIT: also India are the 2nd in the world right now and I rate them higher than South Africa and Sri Lanka.
The current top 6 are:
1. England
2. India
3. South Africa
4 Australia
5. Pakistan
6. Sri Lanka

And Australia are currently number 1 in the world in ODI's

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India will be praying for a flat deck we all know India cant play on a pitach with a little bounce/grass/ anything.

sachin won't choke, he's in good form, ponting did really well in melbourne, he's looking good for a tun soon.

Should be close game. Our bowlers tore through their batting line up in the last test. They most likely will again. Seeing as India basically can't bat on anything besides roads. Hopefully our batters can manage to get us some runs. Ponting for a ton. and Sachin I think will get a ton.

If we do all right against India's spinners we should be fine, but they should romp us with them on this pitch.

All i want to see is some camera segway guy eat shit again but i reckon its defiantly going to be a close one with the SCG is looking promising for spinners

Your best bet is if Ian Healy hops on the segway again

As far as spinner's pitch goes, it won't worry India too much as they usually are pretty good batting against spinners. Still rooting for some wickets from spinners though

The SCG wicket is looking alot greener and isn't looking like the traditional SCG spinners wicket. There's definitely something there for the quicks.

India batting first do u think its good surface to bat and Sachin to choke

As the test goes on it will get easier to bat on i think

Lol. Love it how people think if he doesn't score a century per test it's a choke.

Sachin has an average of like 240 at the SCG. Either way he should score well in atleast one of the 2 innings. Hopefully he can get his 100th international century.

Sachin got even more pressure on him now.

kohli dosent look like his playing defensive hes playing very aggresive

tendulkar wont get his 100th century during this tour & Australian white-wash