Mitch Marsh has declared his fitness for the second Test against India although lingering ankle soreness may see the Australia all-rounder play as a specialist batsman.

The 33-year-old arrived in Adelaide on Tuesday and told 9News’ Braden Ingram that he expected to play.

“Body’s all good, sweet. I’ll be good to go,” Marsh said in a brief airport exchange.

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The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Marsh would likely not bowl in the pink ball, day/night Test which starts on Friday after “pulling up with more soreness than expected” in the crushing first Test loss in Perth.

Marsh, Australia’s No.6, scored 6 and 47 against a dominant India attack.

He also took 2-12 from five overs of medium pace in the first innings and 1-65 from 12 overs in the second.

Scott Boland is set to replace the injured Josh Hazlewood as Australia looks to level the Border-Gavaskar Trophy while Marnus Labuschagne will likely trot out his seamers again if Marsh cannot bowl.

Uncapped Tasmania all-rounder Beau Webster has joined the squad as cover for Marsh, who has battled his ankle issue for several years.

India won the opening Test by 295 runs.

“The writing was on the wall pretty quickly in that Test match that we were pushing uphill,” Australia’s Travis Head told reporters in Adelaide.

“So for me, I was reflecting in game on what I could have done better and by the time that result had come, 99 times out of 100 that result is going to come. So a pretty easy one as such to move on and get over it and start talking about what’s coming.

“It’s probably the closer losses that hit you by a bit of surprise that take you a few days. But with the way that Test match was playing out, we were pretty much outplayed for most of that Test. Pretty easy to realise what we did wrong… it’s not going to be massive changes, but hopefully with a bit of energy and knowing what’s on the line, we can crack on and play well.”