Steve Smith-led Australian team is touring India for five ODIs and three T20Is this month and Smith has said that the bilateral series will be played in \u201cgood spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not too concerned about the differences with Kohli. He is obviously a very good player and has a phenomenal ODI record. Hopefully, we can keep him quiet as much as possible in this series. If we do that then hopefully it can go a long way in us having success on this tour,\u201d Smith told.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019ll be played in good spirit,\u201d the skipper said on Sunday .<\/p>\n
Australia visited India in 2013 that for a seven-match ODI series and this bilateral tie emerged out to be a huge run-feast. Australia stood on the losing side then.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always a hard-fought contest playing against India and we\u2019re excited by the challenge of playing over here. \u201cLooking back to the last one-day tour of India, I wasn\u2019t on it in 2013, but it was a big run-fest from memory with pretty flat wickets and big totals. We\u2019ll see what we\u2019re presented with but it could be the same again,\u201d he added.
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A number of Australian players are a part of the Indian Premier League and therefore, share good bond with Indian cricketers. David Warner has played alongside Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar while captain Smith too has shared the dressing room with MS Dhoni and Ajinkya Rahane.<\/p>\n
Australia recently drew the two-match Test series against Bangladesh and talking about facing spin in Asia, the skipper insisted that this is a different format and his team would try to improve from previous performances.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a completely different format compared to Test cricket. Axar Patel has done well pretty well for them. (Yuzvendra) Chahal is in the squad as well. Kuldeep Yadav is a good bowler too. They certainly have some good spin options and we have got to play them really well throughout the series,\u201d Smith said.
\n\u201cI think the One-day group has played spin pretty well for a little while. Obviously, we are still learning in the Test format and trying to improve. We are coming from a challenging tour of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously the guys are learning and trying to improve. Not sure that the ODI wickets will present quite as much as spin perhaps as some of the Test wickets. We have to wait and see and adapt to the conditions accordingly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Darren Lehmann has taken a break from his coaching schedule and Smith suggested, \u201cThere are no issues. We will be fine. David Saker has been with us for a while now. It was announced about six months ago that Darren was going to take rest from this series and Saker was going to take over.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope so, he has got a pretty good record for us in the last year or two. He has got some experience playing in the IPL. We know what to expect from Zamps. If he gets his opportunity, he can hopefully have some success on this tour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Talking about preparations for Ashes, Smith said that his team has got ample time to prepare.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know before the last Ashes series there was a one-day series here as well. There is plenty of time when we get back home and play some Shield games also and get ready for the Ashes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSri has been really good. He has great knowledge about how to play in these conditions. He has helped the players, particularly the spin bowlers. He has great knowledge of the grounds in india. He has been really good for this group,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Australia ODI squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa. Australia T20 squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner, Jason Behrendorff, Dan Christian, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Tim Paine, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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