India's expected bowling line-up for the first Test at Adelaide

#3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar will be a difficult proposition for Australia

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, who was sidelined during the English series due to an injury, is expected to come back to the playing eleven straightaway. He is expected to get the nod ahead of Shami purely on the basis of his pronounced swing, consistency as a bowler and his handy lower order batting.

Bhuvaneshwar has the ability to make the new ball talk and he can bring the ball in as well as take it away from the batsman, which makes him a dangerous proposition for the opposition.

#4 Ravichandran Ashwin

Ashwin will have to put up a better show in Australia

Lately, Ashwin has emerged as a slightly better bowler in alien conditions. Having said that, he needs to put in good bowling performances more frequently during overseas conditions. He is expected to start in the playing eleven as far as the first Test match is concerned, but, the same cannot be said about the following Tests.

Adelaide is one of those wickets in Australia which helps spinners and if Ashwin fails to put up a decent bowling performance during the first Test then Kuldeep Yadav or Jadeja might end up replacing him for the following Tests.