"This was his ground, the Sydney Cricket Ground"
"This is where he played his last game, this is where his spirit will live forever"
"The cheeky little bugger, he would be up there, smiling on us now wanting us to be happy enjoying life, getting on with it"
The death of the 25-year-old Phillip Hughes, who was struck by a short delivery in a first class match in late November, has hung over the entire Australia-India series but it has been brought to the fore at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Cricket Australia unveiled a memorial plaque outside the home side's dressing room on Monday, while both teams paid tribute to the left-hander before the game began on Tuesday.
Regular captain Michael Clarke, who tore a hamstring in the first Test and is fighting to be fit for the upcoming World Cup, also spoke at length about Hughes in a television package before play started.
"This was his ground, the Sydney Cricket Ground," Clarke said in a Nine Network tribute. "This is where he played his last game, this is where his spirit will live forever.
"The cheeky little bugger, he would be up there, smiling on us now wanting us to be happy enjoying life, getting on with it."
