Factbox on the third Test match between Australia and India, which starts on Friday:
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WHERE?
WACA, Perth Capacity: 20,000
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WHEN?
January 13-17. Play starts at 1030 local time (0800 IST)
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AUSTRALIA (World ranking: fourth)
Squad - Michael Clarke (captain), David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Mike Hussey, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon.
Coach: Mickey Arthur
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INDIA (World ranking: second)
Squad - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, R Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Wriddhiman Saha, Zaheer Khan.
Coach: Duncan Fletcher
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WHAT THEY SAY
"We need to keep it really simple and score big hundreds and we need to get wickets."
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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"The wickets at Sydney and Adelaide most resemble the sub-continent but the WACA will be completely different. There'll be a lot of pace and a lot of bounce and it'll be interesting to see how they go there."
Australia coach Arthur on the India batsmen
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WHAT THE BOOKMAKERS SAY*
Australia win: 8-11 India win: 11-4 Draw: 10-3
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Third umpire: Paul Reiffel (Australia)
Fourth umpire: Mick Martell (Australia)
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
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HISTORY
Previous Australia v India Tests in Perth:
1977: Australia won by two wickets
1992: Australia won by 300 runs
2008: India won by 72 runs
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CURRENT TOUR
First Test:
Australia won by 122 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Second Test:
Australia won by an innings and 68 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Remaining test:
Fourth Test January 24-28 at the Adelaide Oval
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* Odds courtesy of www.skybet.com
