India vs Australia 2017: Probable Indian ODI squad

Spinners

Chahal was consistently amongst the wickets against Sri Lanka

Yuzvendra Chahal

The 27-year-old leg spinner from Haryana showed the benefits of having a leg spinner in the side throughout the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka. He finished with eight wickets in the tour and was continually amongst the wickets. While he was hit at times, he showed incredible resilience and came back strongly, the hallmarks of a good leg spinner. That is likely to be enough to help him retain his place for the Australia series.

Axar Patel

In the absence of the experienced duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, it was Axar Patel who stepped as the leader of the spin attack. The 23-year-old all-rounder spun a web around Sri Lanka's batsmen and finished with six wickets from the four ODIs that he played.

Economical, yet effective when it comes to taking wickets, Axar is the ideal ODI spinner. That he is a more than handy batsman in the lower middle-order might just swing the spot in his favor ahead of Ravindra Jadeja.

Kuldeep Yadav

Considering how Australia struggled against Kuldeep Yadav in the final Test of the series earlier in the year, the chinaman bowler is an automatic pick in the ODI side. That is likely to mean that Ravichandran Ashwin will see out his contract at Worcestershire with the 22-year-old retaining his spot in the squad.