The head coach further confirmed that Australia will field the same XI that featured in the first Test at the Adelaide Oval which the hosts won by eight wickets.
David Warner is batting well at the nets but he is still 'having a bit of trouble running at full speed', said Australia head coach Justin Langer on Thursday as he confirmed that Australia will go in with an unchanged XI against India in the second Test that begins Saturday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
"Davey (David Warner) had a good hit yesterday. He is still a way off his running. We know how dynamic he is. There is no one who is more dynamic than him in the game between the wickets and the way he fields. We want to make sure that he gets 100 per cent fit for that because he gets energy personally out of that and as a group we get great energy," said Langer while speaking to the reporters.
The head coach further confirmed that Australia will field the same XI that featured in the first Test at the Adelaide Oval which the hosts won by eight wickets.
"I would be a pretty courageous man to change the XI for this Test match after the last one. At this stage unlikely...Unless something happens over the next few days, and they can happen in the world we live in, we'll go in with the same XI," the 50-year-old said.
The unchanged XI will mean that young all-rounder Cameron Green also gets to play. Green provides a bowling option and bats in lower middle-order. Although he didn't have success in the first Test, Langer was all praise of him.
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