Steve Smith says the Nagpur pitch will likely break up when India and Australia meet in the first of their highly anticipated four-Test series at the VCA Stadium.
Smith added that the variability in the pitch would also benefit Australia's quick bowling options — however depleted they may be.
"To the left handed batters, [with] the ball spinning in, it was quite dry at one section, so it could be challenging for them," he said. Australia's batting line up has an abundance of lefties, with Smith and Marnus Labuschagne alone in the top eight of the team that played against South Africa at the SCG in batting right-handed.
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