Brisbane: After a high-scoring first Test in Adelaide, which Australia won by 48 runs, a green-top awaits India in the second Test at the Gabba, here, which starts from Wednesday.

After off-spinner Nathan Lyon recorded a match-haul of 12 for 286, Gabba curator Kevin Mitchell now wants to give the home team's pacers something to cheer about.

“There’s a fair amount of grass on the wicket,” Mitchell was quoted as saying by an Australian daily. “We are aiming for a typical Gabba wicket — life, bounce and pace is always what we are trying to achieve. At this stage, we are tracking along well.”

India posted 444 in response to Australia’s 517 for seven declared in the first innings at the Adelaide Oval and then fell for 315 in pursuit of 364.

If Mohammed Shami bagged three wickets in all, then Mitchell Johnson got four scalps, respectively. But now Johnson will certainly be pleased to learn that the Gabba strip looks almost identical in condition to the one on which his spring-loaded bouncers terrorised England for match figures of nine for 103 as Australia romped to a 381-run win last season. (PTI)