The hosts have already been hit by injury woes with pace bowler Josh Hazlewood being ruled out of the second Test.
Star of 1st Test, Travis Head said he is keen to continue with his attacking style of play in the 2nd Test, which would be played at his home ground
Travis Head smashed 152 runs during Australia's first innings. He was awarded the player of the match award.
Australia's new captain Cummins said that Head is set to be picked ahead of Usman Khawaja while Starc will bowl with the new ball.
Shane Warne says he is frustrated with the way Travis Head is performed and wants quality openers to play the Sydney Test ahead of him in order to deal with the quality that Indian bowling possesses.
Before the two teams face off in a much-anticipated four-Test series starting on December 17, Australia A are scheduled to play two three-day tour games against India A, which features Test specialists.
The squad includes Australia Test captain Time Paine as well as opener Joe Burns, all-rounder Cameron Green.
Head, who has worked under Sussex head coach Jason Gillespie at Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League, will be available for all formats upon his arrival at the club next year.
Travis Head scored second Test century while James Pattinson and Pat Cummins grabbed a wicket each as New Zealand ended Day 2 on 44/2, trailing Australia by 423 runs at the MCG.
Australia retained the Ashes in the fourth Test in Manchester but Head was replaced by all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for the final Test at The Oval after poor returns with the bat.
In first-class cricket, England and Australia players already wear numbers on their backs, unlike in other countries.
Earlier, Kurtis Patterson became Australia's third century-maker of its first innings, scoring an unbeaten 114.
The twin centuries also ended a drought of tons at home by Australian batsmen - 390 days to boot - going back to the 4-0 Ashes win.
Australia lead Sri Lanka by 162 runs at the end of day two's play in the day-night Test in Brisbane.
The return of Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon and Usman Khawaja marks a major overhaul of the ODI side just six months before the World Cup.
The MCG crowd started booing Marsh once Marsh's name was announced on the public address system when he came onto bowl.
Australian bowlers had to toil hard as India finished at 215-2 with Kohli (47) and Cheteshwar Pujara (68) remaining unbeaten at Stumps.
Head scored a half-century in the second innings of the first Test at Adelaide to give India a scare even as the visitors eventually won by just 32 runs.
Hanuma Vihari and Ishant Sharma were the picks of the bowlers for India by taking two wickets each on the first Day of Perth Test.
A clinical display by India saw them win the 1st Test of the series, their first in 10 years in Australia. The 31-run win helps the visitors take the a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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