Australia's young cricket team arrived in Bangalore looking to win their second Test series in India this decade following their series win in 2004. Since then, many of their top players have retired but their current crop have managed to keep them at the top of the world rankings.

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Former India captain Saurav Ganguly is to retire at the end of the series. Elsewhere, a wall has been unveiled by Sachin Tendulkar to commemorate Rahul Dravid reaching the 10,000 Test runs mark.

"I think the greatest thing for me has been the ability to play and the honour that I have has to play with these legends and that means a lot more to me than anything," said Dravid at the unveiling.