India tour match: day one of Cricket Australia XI v India in Adelaide Ryan Carters was impressive against the Indian bowling attack. RYAN Carters has proven the Cricket Australia's XI rock with a composed half century against India at Adelaide's Glenelg Oval. CA XI was 6-141 approaching tea with Carters unbeaten on 58 after Varun Aaron (3-40) had ripped through the CA XI middle order. Alex Gregory (3) was Aaron's third scalp leaving the CA XI in trouble on a good batting strip. CA XI was 3-78 at lunch but lost Kelvin Smith after the break having shown positive intent on the way to 40 in 69 balls. South Australian Smith was Bhuvneshwar Kumar's second victim after picking up opener Matthew Short (0) to the first ball of the day. Smith, long touted as the next big thing in SA cricket, put on 74 with Carters. Varun Aaron got his tour of Australia off to a flying start. Paceman Aaron impressed ripping through skipper Ashton Turner (29) and Queenslander Nick Stevens (0) in the 20th over Leg-spinner Karn Sharma struggled for penetration but Indian skipper Virat Kohli would have been happier with swing bowler Kumar's efforts. The Indians were gradually getting acclimatised after a four hour training session on Sunday at the sea side ground. However the manner in which Carters, the quality batsman in the CA XI, dealt the Indian attack some punishment with six boundaries. Kohli will know that harder days must follow in the first Test at the Gabba from December 4 against Mitchell Johnson and company. Originally published as Carters defies Indian pace onslaught