5 Indian players who could be on their last Australia tour

India's tour of Australia has kicked off with a superb T20 series which resulted in a 1-1 draw. After India lost the first T20I at Brisbane, the second one was washed out and India had to win in Sydney to level the series and they just did that.

Now focus shifts to the 4 match Test series which will start from 6th of December. India's Test squad will be very different than the T20 squad. More experienced players will be making their way into the team. Most of the players in the test squad are in their late 20s and early 30s.

Since India tours Australia every four years it is highly possible that we may not see a few faces next time around. So let's take a look at 5 such players who are probably on their last tour of Australia.

#5 Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav will be in his

mid 30s

the next time India tour Australia

Team India's quest for a genuine fast bowler led them to Umesh Yadav about 8 years ago. He first burst onto the scene in the year 2010, making his debut against Zimbabwe. Since then he has been in and out of the team. But because of his fitness and speed, Umesh has never been out of the selector's radar. He consistently bowls above 140 kmph and swings the ball late.

This is Umesh's third tour of Down Under. He first went there in his rookie year of 2011/12. He was roped in again by the selectors in 2014/15 due to lack of options in terms of fast bowling.

He is 31 now, and India will tour Australia next after almost four years. Yadav will be 35 then and it looks unlikely that India will be playing a 35-year-old fast bowler especially in Test cricket.

But of late we are seeing a newer version of Umesh Yadav. A fitter and better-built bowler, who has figured out his optimum trajectory to bowl. He was on fire against the West Indies in the recent home series. He picked up a 10-fer for the first time in his career in that series.

#4 Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin is a legendary cricketer as far as the sub-continent conditions are concerned. But the question mark over his career always has been his performance outside of Asia.

The 32-year-old Chennai lad made his debut in 2011 against West Indies and since then has picked up heaps of wickets in Test cricket. So far in 64 test matches, Ashwin has picked up 336 wickets. A lot was expected out of Ashwin in England tour, where surprisingly conditions were spin friendly. But he failed miserably. Moeen Ali was picking up wickets for fun in that series whereas Ashwin was struggling.

This tour of Australia is an acid test for Ashwin. He has not made his mark as a world-class spinner outside Asia yet. So this is his probably last golden opportunity to do so.

When India will be touring to Australia next, Ashwin will be about 36 years old. The way young wrist spinners are moving up the rank, it will be extremely difficult for him to keep his place in the team. Kuldeep and Chahal have already replaced him in T20Is and ODIs.

#3 Ishant Sharma

Ishant has grown tremendously as a bowler over the years

Ishant Sharma has become an outstanding fast bowler for India in recent times. Be it the dry and flat Asian pitches or swinging overseas conditions, he has picked up wickets in both.

This is the fourth Australian tour for the 30-year-old Indian pacer. Ishant was the part of the 2007-08 tour, where he gave the Aussie batsmen a hard time, particularly Australian legend Ricky Ponting.

It is very unlikely that Ishant will be able to tour Australia for the fifth time. As he has also admitted in a recent interview. He said, "I am 30 right now, the next tour, I will be 34 and you never know whether I will be there or not."

Ishant Sharma had an excellent tour of England this summer, where he took 18 wickets. He bowled way better than the figure suggests in the 5 matches. He was swinging the new ball and also made the old ball to move around.

Ishant is currently in the best form of his life. If he is able to bowl the way he has been bowling in recent times then he is bound to be successful on this tour.

#2 Parthiv Patel

Parthiv Patel is going on his first tour of Australia in over a decade

Parthiv Patel made his Test debut way back in 2002 against England. A 17-year-old baby-faced Parthiv became Test Cricket's youngest wicketkeeper when he was handed the Test cap at Trent Bridge.

With the rise of MS Dhoni, Parthiv's opportunities faded. Parthiv Patel is 33 now, and it is highly possible that he will not be touring Australia next time around. Parthiv last toured Australia in 2003/04, where he scored 160 runs in 6 innings. His performance was even better than Adam Gilchrist in that series, where the latter only scored 96 runs.

He has got runs in domestic cricket continuously. He has batted mostly in the middle-order, so he can replace anyone who fails in the middle.

Probably in his last tour of Down Under, Parthiv's past experiences of playing in Australian conditions may come in handy. Also, he can be used as the opening option if any of the openers fail to deliver.

#1 Murali Vijay

Vijay needs a strong performance in the upcoming series

Until last year Murali Vijay was one of India's primary Test batsmen. He was among the few Indian batsmen who scored runs all over the world. But things have changed quite dramatically for the opening batsman.

A poor run in England, making 20, 6, 0 and 0 in the four innings of the first two Tests saw him dropped from the team. He wasn't picked for the West Indies series at home. But thanks to his good show for Essex in the County cricket, he is back in the team.

The 34-year-old opener from Chennai is a very classy and elegant batsman. With his adaptable technique, Vijay has proved his mettle in away conditions. This tour Down Under is a do-or-die tour for Murali Vijay. Failure here may put an end to his Test career but some good performances will secure his place in the Test team.

Vijay will be 38 when India next tour Australia. With the likes of Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal coming into the scene, it will be very difficult for Vijay to maintain his position in the team at that time.