Australia eye the unthinkable in India. Image Source: m.dailyhunt.com[/caption]Internet Desk: The first champagne corks had barely popped when the winds of change were already blowing hard on the Australian dressing room door.
As much as Australia’s remarkable form revival this summer deserves to be celebrated by the young players that have made it happen, captain Steve Smith has warned his side to be under no illusions about the magnitude of the challenge that awaits them in India tour.
Smith says the core of the team that romped to a 3-0 clean sweep against Pakistan at the SCG will head to the subcontinent, but changes are also likely, with Shaun Marsh in serious contention to open ahead of gun rookie Matt Renshaw and even Glenn Maxwell in the frame to return from his Test exile.
Pakistan captain Misbah ul-Haq put Australia’s spin twins Nathan Lyon and Steve O’Keefe on notice by declaring that their strong performances in Sydney will go out the window once they arrive on Indian minefields — and former Test great Shane Warne continued his push for selectors to consider young Queensland leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson for the touring party.
“When the bowlers from here go to Asia, they find it difficult to utilise the turning tracks. It will be difficult for them,” said ul-Haq.
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