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After an unscheduled day off and another spent travelling and enjoying the New Year festivities, the Indians began their preparation for the second Test.

The team had a two-and-a-half hour practice session at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday morning. Watched by national selectors Mohinder Amarnath and Narendra Hirwani, the batsmen had the nets on wickets that were similar in appearance to the grassy pitch in the middle of the SCG.

Sachin Tendulkar, as he often does, had a net to himself, batting against throw-downs and bowlers from 16 yards. The great man was in good spirits, directing the bowlers to test various parts of his games. He kept up a conversation, talking about why he played a certain shot a certain way and what he would have done had the length been different. continuereading