India pacer Ishant Sharma said that this is India's biggest opportunity to beat Australia in Australia but added that the visitors are not taking the hosts lightly.
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram backed India to win the four-match Test series against Australia.
Adam Gilchrist said that he will be surprised if Virat Kohli doesn't have a strong series versus Australia.
India will take on Australia in the opening Test starting at Adelaide on December 6 and Ponting said on Monday that Usman Khawaja would do well at No.3.
Both former skipper Smith and Warner have agreed to turn out at the Australia nets to bat against the pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.
Kohli's unbeaten 61 off 41 balls paved the way for India to beat Australia by six wickets in the third T20 International and level the series 1-1.
India were optimistic when they toured South Africa and England earlier this year. But despite all the promise and hard work, Virat Kohli's team ended up on the losing side in both engagements.
Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann also said that comeback man Peter Handscomb is his best bet for countering Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Rishabh Pant didn't get to keep wickets in any of the three T20Is versus West Indies ahead of the Australia series.
Kuldeep Yadav said that India need to begin positively and batsmen need to step up for them to achieve a series victory in Australia.
The long tour of Australia consist of three T20I's, four Tests and three ODI's and the first match of the tour will be played on November 21. Here is the detail of Full schedule of India vs Australia, venue details and match timings.
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