No Anushka, no Sakshi as WAG-less Team India face Australian challenge?

Mumbai: MS Dhoni, who is ruled out from the first India-Australia Test in Adelaide due to thumb injury, would not be accompanied by his wife Sakshi during the tour down under.

The Indian skipper Dhoni will not being accompanied by his wife Sakshi, Team Indian manager Arshad Ayub has confirmed.

"No, his wife is not with him. No player of the current squad is travelling with his wife or girl friend and this includes Virat Kohli too," Ayub added.

There was media speculation that Anushka Sharma had gone with Kohli to Australia.

This, however, doesn't mean that WAGs' would not join the party. "This decision will be taken at a later date," Ayub said.

If Team India is not whitewashed as predicted by former Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath, the BCCI could change its stance later, it is learnt here.