K L Rahul, who took the gloves in Pant's absence during Australia innings, is likely to retain his place, but as wicket keeper in India playing 11
India lost the first ODI by 10 wickets to Australia where batting first, the hosts played both Shikhar Dhawan and K.L. Rahul with the latter coming in at No.3
Australia is unbeaten in 50-over format when they have played in Rajkot. Australia have played only one ODI against India here and won that game
India will go the second ODI 0-1 down after Australia registered a 10-wicket win in the lung-opener at Mumbai, courtesy David Warner and Aaron Finch, who hit unbeaten hundreds.
Australia gave the hosts a reality check with a crushing 10-wicket win in the lung-opener on Tuesday, riding on David Warner and Finch's unbeaten hundreds
Shikhar Dhawan hit a half-century before Australia pulled things back to bowl India out for 255 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Check India vs Australia 1st ODI Live and match commentary here
The last time Australia played an ODI series against India in the sub-continent; they came from 0-2 behind and went on to win the five-match series 3-2
The Aaron Finch-led side is brimming with confidence after an unprecedented home summer that saw Australia register comprehensive series victories over Pakistan and New Zealand
Kohli was quizzed about his batting position if all three play as the captain comes in at No.3
Gambhir felt that Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah can give a difficult time to the Australian batsmen with their sheer pace
Men in Blue experimented a lot in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka and major dilemma the team might face is in choosing their opening pair
The 31-year-old also felt that the present Aaron Finch-led Australian team is stronger than the one which toured India last year
'It's become a very exciting feature of any Test series and we're open to playing day-night Tests' Kohli said
Kohli shared the experience of facing the top bowler in the nets, on the eve of the three-match ODI series against Australia
On the upcoming ODI series in India, Waugh feels the home team starts favourites despite Australia winning the five-match series 12 months ago
In the past that wasn't the case because they were doing really well. We were trying to match that level, says star sports
Warner had registered the second-highest score for an Australian batter in a Test match against Pakistan last year after scoring 335 at Adelaide
Last year, Australia had registered a famous comeback win in the five-match ODI series. After being 0-2 down, they won the last three matches and went on to clinch the series.
The report quoted Eddings as saying that even though the negotiations have not yet begun, 'we'll mention that when we're over there in January talking during the one-day series.'
Laxman scored 281 off 452 balls while Dravid made 180 off 353 and India eventually declared on 657/7.