Keeping pace pool ready key for long Test series: Arun

WITH only two ODIs left on India's tour of Sri Lanka, soon the focus will be shifting to the longest format as the Men in Blue will be playing as many as ten Tests five at home and five away - in the next six months.

- GOMESH S

While there is not much to worry about for the three Tests against New Zealand and the two-match series against Bangladesh at home, the tour of Australia, where India will play five Tests on the trot, could be tricky.

That India have won the last two Test tours Down Under will only add to the pressure for Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir. Among the many things they will have to figure out the pool of pacers India will need for the tour that will last almost two months.