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India happy to be at MCG

Kumble returning, Bichel dropped

AFP, Melbourne
Indian batsman Rahul Dravid admitted on Wednesday that his side was delighted to be returning to the more docile wickets of Australia's eastern seaboard after two difficult one-day cricket matches in Perth.
India's seemingly unbeatable batsmen were suddenly exposed by the fierce bounce of the Western Australian wicket where they lost to Australia on Sunday and then lost six wickets in pursuit of Zimbabwe's paltry 135 on Tuesday.
On both occasions the Indian batting line-up looked more fragile than it has done all summer.
On Wednesday, India returned to Melbourne in preparation for their first match in the best of three finals of the tri-nation VB Series one-day competition against Australia on Friday.
"It will be nice to get back to that part of the country, we have had a lot of success there," Dravid said prior to leaving for Melbourne.
Friday's first tri-series final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground presents India's opportunity to erase some of the memories of the heavy losses to Australia in the World Cup final and November's tri-series final in Calcutta.
Australia have a 3-1 lead in the preliminary games going into the final but that form will count for little in Melbourne and Sydney.
"We are quite confident and we are looking forward to the big occasion we knew who we were going to be playing in the finals two or three games ago so it is something everyone is looking forward to," Dravid said.
Dravid was not concerned over the disappointing batting efforts in Perth, when the side was bowled out for 203 against Australia and then put on a lacklustre run-chase
against Zimbabwe.
He said he and opener Sachin Tendulkar had failed in both matches in Perth, with the side's top score in the west Yuvraj Singh's 47 against Australia.
"I think our batsman have been in very good form right through the two and a half months of this tour and I don't think the batsman will have anything in the back of their minds," Dravid said.
"I think it is going to be a fresh game and a fresh start. There won't be any psychological winners or losers when we start."
Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble is expected to be available for the finals after overcoming a shoulder injury and missing the past two matches.
Meanwhile, another report from Perth adds, India's bowling stocks are likely to get a major boost for Friday's opening finals match with the return of talented leg-spinner Anil Kumble.
Indian officials confirmed in Perth on Wednesday that Kumble would be available to play in the first of the best-of-three matches, after recovering from a shoulder injury.
The veteran has not played since his side's 24-run victory over Zimbabwe in Brisbane on January 20.
Kumble sat out India's last two one-day matches in Perth.
He played in India's opening four matches of the tri-series, taking two wickets at an average of 95.5 with an economy rate of 4.77.
For Australia, paceman Andy Bichel has been dropped from the
squad in favour of Queensland bowler Michael Kasprowicz.
Captain Ricky Ponting was also brought back after a brief rest in the only other change to Australia's 13-man squad.
Mike Hussey was dropped to make space for Ponting while Simon Katich, who replaced the injured Michael Bevan last week, remained in the team for the final series that begins Friday in Melbourne.
Damien Martyn also retained his place despite a string of low scores and a reprimand he earned last week for making an obscene gesture to a television cameraman.
Kasprowicz returns to one-day international action following his role in Australia's successful tour of India last year. This season, he has
taken 11 wickets in the ING Cup at an average of 15.81.
Trevor Hohns, chairman of the selectors, said Kasprowicz deserved his recall due to consistently good one-day and four-day performances, while Bichel had been disappointing.
"It is fair to say that Andy Bichel has not been bowling as well as we would like, and we feel that a spell at state level might help him recapture his form," he said.
SQUAD
Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Ian Harvey, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Brad Williams, Michael Kasprowicz.