Kohli, Shastri have given me confidence: Karn Sharma

“I just got to know this morning that I will be making my debut," said Sharma. "I had this confidence that I will get a chance sooner or later on this tour. But getting it in the first match itself is very good for me."
   
Talking about the confidence he gets from the team staff, he added, “Mentally and technically, Ravi Shastri helps a lot. All our support staff and coaches are also helping me.”
   
Sharma bowled decently for a debutant spinner on the day one at the Adelaide Oval's flat track. "Skipper Virat Kohli told me previously to bowl the way I bowl and he will give the field according to my strengths," he said.

Opting to bat first, the hosts finished at 354 for six on the first day. He finished with figures of 1-89 from 23 overs, taking the crucial wicket of centurion David Warner who scored his 10th Test hundred. 

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Tragic build-up but India, Australia ready for tough Tests

More than two weeks after landing here, India will finally get down to serious competition with Virat Kohli leading the side in place of Mahendra Singh Dhoni,who is still recovering from a hairline fracture in his right thumb.

Indians are also dealing with uncertainty surrounding medium-pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar even as Australian skipper Michael Clarke was declared fit for the game. The visitors will be hoping to reverse their last Test series' result in this country, when under Dhoni they had lost 4-0 in 2011-12. However, that thought will not be at the forefront when the match begins on Tuesday.

Instead, it will be a emotion-laden atmosphere that will welcome both teams, and for good reason. Adelaide is the adopted home of Hughes and there will be an intense outpouring of emotion before play gets underway. Cricket Australia and South Australia Cricket Association have quite a few plans about honouring the cricketer, who was hit by a bouncer on November 24 in a Sheffield Shield game in Sydney and died two days later.

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