5 Indians to watch out for in the Australia Test series

The Indian cricket team is scheduled to visit Australia at the end of this month. They will play four Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is on the tour.

The Test squad has already been announced, with Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma and Parthiv Patel being recalled. Vijay was dropped after playing the first two Tests against England, while both Rohit and Parthiv last featured in the Indian Test side against South Africa in South Africa earlier this year.

Hardik Pandya hasn't yet recovered from his injury so he hasn't been named in the squad, while Mayank Agarwal has been dropped from the Test side.

On the last Australian tour, the Indian team lost the Test series by the margin of 2-0 . But this time, the Australian team will be without their two best Test batsmen David Warner and Steve Smith. Hence, this could be a good chance for the Indian team to win their first ever Test series in Australia.

Here, we take look at five Indian players to watch out for on the tour Down Under:

#5 KL Rahul

KL Rahul

KL Rahul is one of those players who can perform equally well in all the three formats. His present form in limited overs cricket is quite good, but his Test form is a cause of concern.

Rahul is a fine Test batsman, but he just needs to be more consistent. He can play a major role on the Australian tour as he has the experience of playing there. In fact, he had made his Test debut during the last Australian tour and had scored a century in his second Test.

Rahul has good experience of playing on the quick and bouncy pitches of Australia and he also has the ability to play big innings, as we saw in the last Test of the England tour.

This will be a very important series for him, so he will surely want to perform. It will be interesting to whether he continues where he left off on the last tour Down Under.

#4 Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma

This will be a comeback series for Rohit Sharma - if he is picked in the XI for any of the matches.

Rohit played his last Test during the South African tour and was dropped after two matches. This series will be very important for Rohit as it could be his last Test series if he doesn't perform.

Rohit would want to cement his place in the Test team and the Australian pitches will suit his batting as well. His performance on the last Australian tour was not impressive but this time he would hope to turn things around with his attacking batting.

Undoubtedly Rohit Sharma is one of the best white ball batsmen but he is yet to prove himself in the longest form of the game. It will be worthwhile keeping a close eye on Rohit during the Australian tour.

#3 Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant will be the first choice for the wicketkeeper spot on this tour. He scored two 90+ scores in the home series against West Indies, to follow up the century he slammed in the last match of the England tour.

Pant will surely want to continue his form on the Australian tour as well. He just needs to work on his wicket-keeping because his glove-work on the England tour was not very good.

Pant would want to cement his place in the Indian Test side by performing well as a wicket-keeper batsman. So he will be a player to watch out for in the series against Australia.

#2 Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja

Having performed well against West Indies and England, Ravindra Jadeja will likely be preferred over Ravichandran Ashwin for the first Test.

Jadeja's performance with both bat and ball was quite impressive on the seam-friendly English pitches. He would surely want to continue in the same vein on the tour Down Under.

Jadeja hasn't played a single Test match in Australia yet. So it will be very interesting to see how he performs in the Australian conditions with both bat and ball.

#1 Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Shaw

The last player in the list is Prithvi Shaw. He is a promising young talent to say the least.

He recently made his Test debut during the home series against West Indies, and scored a memorable century in his very first innings.

Shaw racked up 237 runs in the two matches of the series and impressed everyone with his attacking batting. He will have a good opportunity to show his talent in the series against Australia, and his batting will be worth watching out for.