The advent of Twenty20 is causing some consternation for the Australian team in India because of two of their team mates are in South Africa for the Champions League Twenty20 2010.
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Michael Hussey and Doug Bollinger will have little time to acclimatize in India as Chennai Super Kings have qualified for the finals of the CL T20 and will now have to await the final on Sunday which would not only eat into the tour match but leave very little time before the first Test.
The only way the team is coping with the absence is suggesting that the players in question train in South Africa, which is easier said than done because of the varying conditions.
Having said that, India are without their captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, as well as two other players named in the Test squad - Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina. So it will be a tricky proposition, the transition from the Twenty20 team to the Test team, particularly when such a large percentage of the contingent becomes foes after being team mates in less than a week.
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