Australia vs India 2015-16 Photos

Team India Gets Ready for Acid Test in Hot Australia

January 07, 2016 21:45

India will play two warm-up matches on Friday and Saturday prior to the start of the limited-overs series from January 12. India and Australia will play five ODIs and three T20s.

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The Indian cricket team would get into the groove for the short limited-overs series against Australia with a couple of warm-up games against a Western Australia XI at the WACA ground on Friday and Saturday. (All BCCI images)
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India begin their campaign against Australia in the five-match ODI series on January 12.
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All eyes will be on captain Dhoni, who failed to score big against South Africa in home series last year.
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For Dhoni, the key area that he would like to address is Suresh Raina's replacement as it is a given that one among Manish Pandey or Gurkeerat Singh Mann would be given that slot at No. 5.
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Pandey has played a solitary ODI against Zimbabwe scoring 71 while Gurkeerat, who has been with the team throughout the home series against South Africa is yet to be blooded.
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Mohammed Shami's return to the team will be a big boost. Warm-up matches will also test his fitness ahead of the series.
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Shami was out of action since India's World Cup semi-final defeat to Australia in March last year. He suffered a knee injury.
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Shikhar Dhawan, who has been woefully short of form and in some dire need of runs, seemed to be connecting well with the ball - something that would please the left-hander.
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Dhawan managed just 126 runs in five matches against South Africa in the recent ODI series at an average of 25.20.
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Ravichadran Ashwin had a wonderful 2015 with the ball and ended the year as world's best Test all-rounder. He will be keen to replicate his form in the shorter formats too.
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Rohit Sharma may have had a barren run with the bat in Tests, but his form in the ODIs and T20s was simply superb. The newly-married batsman even became the second Indian to score a ton in T20 internationals.

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