5 Australians on their maiden India tour

# 2 Peter Handscomb

Yet another certainty in the Australian XI who has no experience of the Indian summer is middle order batsman and back-up wicketkeeper Peter Handscomb. Having scored 399 runs in his fledgeling career of 4 Tests with a Bradmanesque average of 99.75, such is the consistency he has shown that there is no way this 25-year-old can be dropped.

Handscomb has been on the sidelines of an international call-up for a few years now, and 2016-17 looks to be his season of reckoning. He holds the unique record of having scored a 50 in each of his first seven Test innings.

What is more, Handscomb belongs to the rare breed of fielders who look like they are specialists in fielding at short leg. Indians should prepare for a long March with Wade and Handscomb chirping away near the bat, with the spinners toiling away.

Performance in warm-up match – 45, 2 catches, 37