Kaif to play in second Test

Sourav Ganguly has revealed that Mohammad Kaif will play in the second Test against Australia at Chennai, and that Yuvraj Singh is likely to open at the expense of Aakash Chopra.

"Mohammad Kaif will get a chance to prove his skills on the field," said Ganguly. Kaif last played a Test three years ago, when India lost by an innings and 77 runs to Sri Lanka. He scored 19 runs in that game. But his selection for the second Test is indicative of his current good form: he is perhaps the only Indian batsman in good touch at the moment. Kaif enhanced his chances by scoring a hundred in a warm-up game against a full-strength Indian bowling attack before the series began.

Ganguly also added: "There is a possibility that we may go with Yuvraj as opener." In recent times, Ganguly had expressed his preference for Yuvraj over Chopra, who was dropped for the last Test against Pakistan earlier this year, when Parthiv Patel was asked to open. Chopra did his cause no favours with scores of 0 and 5 at Bangalore.