Besides Dhoni and Tendulkar, other Indian cricketers who also arrived were Ishant Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin.
The Indians are leading the series 2-0 against the demoralised Australians whose tour today turned from bad to worse with the expulsion of four cricketers for ignoring team management orders.
In an unprecedented move, Australia axed vice-captain Shane Watson and three other key players from the side for the third Test against India for failing to obey team management orders, giving a shocking twist to their already disastrous tour.
The visitors lost the opening Test in Chennai by eight wickets.
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