There could not be a better start for Indian team than locking horns with a formidable opponent in Australia which could test the 'Men in Blue' in all departments of the game. The Australians had the better of the 'Men in Blue' in the last ODI engagement between the two giants in 2019. However, it was Kohli and Co. which pulled off an impressive 36-run win in the group encounter between two teams at the 2019 ICC World Cup in the United Kingdom last year.
Kohli and Co would be well aware of the fact that they are up against an opponent of their pedigree. While India are coming into the series on the back of winning back to back T2OI series against Bangladesh and Windies at home, Australia blanked trans-tasman rivals New Zealand in their last test series encounter.
Out of the 137 one day internationals played between India and Australia, the 'Kangaroos' have the upper hand winning 77 out of those games.
The 3-match ODI series will commence with the series opener to be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.
India vs Australia full schedule:
1st ODI - Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai - 1:30 pm
2nd ODI - Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot - 1:30 pm
3rd ODI - M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru - 1:30 pm
India squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma (vice-capt), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami.
Australia squad: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Alex Carey (vc & wk), Pat Cummins (vc), Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Ashton Turner, David Warner, Adam Zampa