Firebrand Shantha Sreesanth, left-armer Irfan Pathan and promising young wrist spinner Piyush Chawla will take the attack to Australia as part of a strong Board President's XI named to play the tourists in Hyderabad next week. The BCCI selected aristocratic left-hander Yuvraj Singh as captain while also choosing part-time internationals Subramaniam Badrinath, Wasim Jaffer, Aakash Chopra, Rohit Sharma and Parthiv Patel.
Yuvraj has not been a regular part of the Indian Test side for the past two years, but will appreciate the chance to test out the Australian bowlers in their only serious preparatory fixture of the tour.
Chopra's selection may mean he is back in the frame to play as a dour opening batsman, having combined usefully with Virender Sehwag to blunt the Australian attack in 2003-2004.
He was less successful later that year in India and has been on the outer since, using the spare time to do some writing on the game.
Sreesanth - he of the excitable on-field behaviour - Pathan and Chawla all possess the skill to stretch the Australians, Chawla impressing all with his guile during this year's Twenty20 Indian Premier League.
The match is at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium from October 2-5.
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