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As India prepare for fourth and final Brisbane Test with the series tied 1-1, the team resembles a mini-hospital and coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Ajinkya Rahane would be be at their wits' end to put together a fit eleven.
Bumrah, key to India's attack, sustained the strain during the drawn third Test in Sydney.
Video footage from the stump camera of Smith dragging his boot across the crease on a tense final day of the match went viral on social media and some former players accused him of gamesmanship at best, cheating at worst.
Wicketkeeper Paine at one stage called Ashwin a "dickhead" as the spinner and Hanuma Vihari batted through the last three hours of the match to earn a draw at Sydney Cricket Ground and keep the series tied at 1-1.
Sreesanth cleaned up Pondicherry opener Fabid Ahmed with a superb delivery in his second over.
Kerala began their campaign with a six-wicket win in Elite Group E at the Wankhede Stadium.
Ashwin and Vihari pulled off a memorable draw for India on day five of the third Test against Australia.
The 37-year-old pacer is set to make a return to competitive cricket after a gap of seven years in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Monday.
Reports that the tourists were reluctant to travel to Queensland because of the level of quarantine they might have to endure had persisted throughout the week of the ongoing third Test in Sydney.
A hobbling Vihari combined with Ashwin to defy the Australia attack in a partnership over the last three hours of the match and keep alive India's hopes of a second successive series triumph Down Under.
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