Sachin Tendulkar (in the picture) bats wrong-handed during a practice session before a warm-up game as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh (left) look on, at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Wednesday.
India resumed their crisis-hit cricket tour as Australian officials brushed aside criticism of the national team, saying the world's top side plays tough Test cricket -- "not tiddlywinks".
After staying put in Sydney in protest of spinner Harbhajan Singh's three-match ban for racism following the explosive second Test, the Indian team finally traveled to Canberra to prepare for a scheduled tour match.
Photographs: AFP/Getty Images
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