January 6, 2015 12:23 PM

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Sydney Test: Australia 348/2 at close on day-1

On the first day of the Sydney Test match, Australia ended their day with complete command. In the fourth and final test match of the series, Australia were 348 for 2 when the stumps were drawn. For Australia, their opening batsman gave a solid start as David Warner and Chris Rogers stitched up a 200 run partnership. Warner smashed his third century of the series, he scored 101 before Ashwin took his wicket. Soon after his Chris Rogers was bowled by Shami,after that Skipper Steven Smith and Shane Watson steadied the Australian innings. Indian bowlers proved ineffective, they were also not ably supported by fielding as a lot of catches were dropped early on in the game.The Indian team is led by their newly appointed Captain Virat Kohli, following the announcement of retirement from Test Cricket by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. There are four changes in Indian team. Wriddhiman Saha, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and fit-again Bhuvneshwar Kumar are in for M.S. Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma. Injured pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson has been replaced by Mitchell Starc in the only change to the Australian side.

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