Nagpur: Harbhajan Singh, the man who has almost always thrived taking on the Aussie, will take his appointed place in the playing eleven for India in the fourth and final Test match starting in Nagpur on Thursday.

The off-spinner who has turned on the heat on Ponting's men, both with the bat (in the Bangalore Test) and with the ball (in Mohali), will be replacing Anil Kumble.

Bhajji will be the only change in the Indian team that took the filed in the third Test. Gautam Gambhir is also sure to open the innings since the ICC hearing on his appeal will come only after the Test gets underway on Thursday. The teams arrived here on Monday evening amid water-tight security at the hotel following a terrorist threat to the team that eventually proved to be a damp squib. Local police cordoned off the entire hotel and sniffer dogs moved around each and every floor where the two team staying.