4 reasons why this will be India's best chance to win a Test series in Australia

#2 The absence of Steve Smith and David Warner

Smith and Warner are serving their bans after the pair was found guilty of ball tampering

The Australian batting mainstays will be out of action due to the 12-month ban after the ball tampering incident in March 2018 in South Africa. The duo scored heavily when the Indians visited last time.

Thus far, finding proper replacements for Warner and Smith has been a herculean task for selectors and management. Australia is in a rebuilding process of the team under the new captain Tim Paine and coach Justin Langer.

The batting collapses in the last two Test matches against Pakistan shows the amount of work to be done in the batting department. The success of Finch-Khawaja opening should have come in handy, but an injury during the Pakistan series may rule Khawaja out of the series.

Marsh brothers and Tim Paine also failed with the bat while Finch and Travis Head were the only ones who found some success in UAE.