Sort of a honeymoon for Mr and Mrs A

India's No 1 spinner R Ashwin and his wife, Preethi were spotted entering a cab near the Patrick Street area on Thursday evening. Ashwin did not play the first warm-up tie but is expected to play the second game starting Monday.u00a0

MEMBERS of the Indian cricket team went to watch Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol immediately after the conclusion of the first warm-up match against CA Chairman's XI yesterday. The Tom Cruise-starrer will perhaps provide the required motivation for the visitors who attempt to win their maiden Test series in this country starting with the Boxing Day Test in nine days time.u00a0

The Australian capital hasn't exactly catered to the players' night lives since arriving here in two batches. "All the restaurants are shutting by 8.30pm... they have preferred to stay in their hotel rooms. There's not too much to do here, it's a very sleepy town," a jolly Shivlal Yadav, the manager of the team, said. u00a0

THE Indian High Commission in Australia have organised a special dinner party for the team here tonight. The players will return to the nets today morning ahead of Monday's second warm-up tie against a tougher Chairman's XI side that will include the likes of David Warner, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja and Ed Cowan.u00a0

"Yes, we have been invited by the High Commission for a dinner party. We are told that many of them want to meet Sachin Tendulkar and Co," Team manager Shivlal Yadav said.u00a0The news from back home, that Tendulkar is now eligible for a Bharat Ratna would surely be a talking point when the delegates meet the rockstars tonight.

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