5 reasons why the Australia series will be a big challenge for India

#1. No such home advantage

The Australian team

Eight members of Australia's 14-man squad for the India tour have played in the IPL. David Warner, Aaron Finch, Glen Maxwell, and James Faulkner have featured in India's domestic T20 league for several years and they tour India every year for around 50 days.

Thus, most of the Australian players have plenty of experience of playing in India and when they arrive for the ODI series, the conditions and the atmosphere will be familiar to them. This increases the enormity of the challenge for India.

In this series, India won't have any home advantage as players from both sides have played in the conditions for a long time.

Except for Guwahati, most of the Australian players have played cricket on all venues courtesy of the IPL. Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru, Ranchi, Hyderabad, and Nagpur are all familiar territories for the Aussies and thus Indians will have a tough time in 'surprising' their opponents.