Indians jet-lagged, Bhandari worst hit

The Indians have arrived in Brisbane and were promptly greeted with thunderous showers — nothing different from when they had left the city after the first Test was rain-ruined last month. The Indians appeared tired and jaded after two long flights which took them from Hobart to Melbourne and then to Brisbane. Worse appears to be the case with seamer Amit Bhandari who joined the team last night in Hobart and was back at the airport today for two further flights in his travelling log.

Bhandari recounted his travelling schedule with a certain weariness. ‘‘It was first to Hong Kong, then to Adelaide, then Melbourne and finally Hobart.” Now to Melbourne and Brisbane — he might as well have added.