Good to have best bowlers together

With Zaheer back, Indian bowling looks good. In fact, for the first time in recent times, all our top bowlers will be operating together, writes Sourav Ganguly.

The slam-bang of one-day cricket is over for the time being and it is back to the 'real' thing -- Test cricket. And what better than and Indo-Australia series to set the ball rolling.

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I have always maintained that the first Test of any series is very important, more so the first day because it usually sets the tone of the series. The last two Test series between these two countries have witnessed high-voltage drama, great intensity and good quality of cricket.

The expectations will be high, once again and I am sure it will be exciting to watch and hopefully at the end of it all we would have given our supporters something to cheer about.

The wicket at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore is bone dry. From the look of it, the wicket will turn more and more as the match progresses. Spinners, therefore, will have a big role play in the match. The last couple of times we played Australia -- home and away -- we had only one fit spinner in our ranks.

However, this time we have both Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh fit and raring to go. I am looking forward to watch them bowling in tandem after a long time.