<p>India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will miss the first Commonwealth Bank Test against Australia due to a thumb injury.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Dhoni batted and bowled at India's training session Sunday here, but he is not yet ready to keep wickets in a Test. <br /><br />Virat Kohli confirmed Monday he will lead the side Tuesday, when the four-Test series starts at the Adelaide Oval. <br /><br />"Yes, I will be leading tomorrow," Kohli was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia (CA) website.<br /><br />"We expect (Dhoni) to be 100 percent fit in the next few days. We want him to be 100 percent before he plays a game." <br /><br />Kohli vowed to fight fire with fire in his first Test as Indian captain, and backed his pacemen to cause Australia's batsmen some trouble. <br /><br />"This is one of the best bowling attacks we've had in a while," he said. "(We have) guys who are bowling with pace and they're fit." <br /><br />Asked about combating Mitchell Johnson, who claimed 37 wickets in the 2013-14 Ashes series, Kohli noted his side couldn't focus on one man. <br /><br />"We're not giving it too much importance," he said. "There's nothing very special about a particular individual or a few individuals." <br /><br />Kohli attended Phillip Hughes's funeral last Wednesday and suggested the 25-year-old's death had mentally hit his squad hard. But the middle-order batsman said they had found a way to quickly focus on training. <br /><br />"You have to move on with the game and we don't want to be in a position where we're lacking in preparation going into the first Test," he said.<br /><br /></p>
<p>India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will miss the first Commonwealth Bank Test against Australia due to a thumb injury.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Dhoni batted and bowled at India's training session Sunday here, but he is not yet ready to keep wickets in a Test. <br /><br />Virat Kohli confirmed Monday he will lead the side Tuesday, when the four-Test series starts at the Adelaide Oval. <br /><br />"Yes, I will be leading tomorrow," Kohli was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia (CA) website.<br /><br />"We expect (Dhoni) to be 100 percent fit in the next few days. We want him to be 100 percent before he plays a game." <br /><br />Kohli vowed to fight fire with fire in his first Test as Indian captain, and backed his pacemen to cause Australia's batsmen some trouble. <br /><br />"This is one of the best bowling attacks we've had in a while," he said. "(We have) guys who are bowling with pace and they're fit." <br /><br />Asked about combating Mitchell Johnson, who claimed 37 wickets in the 2013-14 Ashes series, Kohli noted his side couldn't focus on one man. <br /><br />"We're not giving it too much importance," he said. "There's nothing very special about a particular individual or a few individuals." <br /><br />Kohli attended Phillip Hughes's funeral last Wednesday and suggested the 25-year-old's death had mentally hit his squad hard. But the middle-order batsman said they had found a way to quickly focus on training. <br /><br />"You have to move on with the game and we don't want to be in a position where we're lacking in preparation going into the first Test," he said.<br /><br /></p>