Ind Vs Pak Live: Big Update From India Camp

India's starting XI has been decided upon even before the team's net practise in Melbourne.

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it's bad news if you're a Rishabh Pant supporter.

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The rookie wicketkeeper-batsman is expected to be benched in favour of the grizzled Dinesh Karthik

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Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid are set on using the finisher's role despite Karthik's recent poor performance.

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The word out of Melbourne is that Karthik will be taking the field in the heavyweight division

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Pant scored 9 runs in both of India's warm-up matches against Western Australia XI.

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he didn't play in the warm-up game against Australia because Dinesh Karthik took his spot.

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