Why India's face-off against a depleted Australia won't be a cakewalk

Decent batting unit at home

Australians had a pretty decent run with the bat at home.

Australia has a pretty decent batting unit at home despite the absence of Steve Smith and Warner. Matt Renshaw, who did not make it to playing XI in the last series and Usman Khawaja averages over 60 at home.

The Marsh brothers who were struggling for runs in UAE has a good record at home. Shaun averages 59.41 from 2013 while Mitch has 39.5 and Captain Paine has 48. Even the likes of Finch and Head who were brought into baggy green setup recently cannot be written off.

Visiting bowlers’ nightmare

Bhuvneshwar Kumar managed to pick just one scalp after bowling 42 overs in 2014/15 tour.

While batsmen have started finding moderate success, it is getting tougher and tougher for bowlers in Australia. Other than South Africa in 2016, no other visiting team has managed a bowling average of 45 or less in 5 years.

Yes, India has a better bowling unit in a long time at the moment and is picking 20 wickets more often than not. They did it on South Africa and England tours too but, they happened to be in bowler-friendly surfaces and conditions. There was a wicket for every 23 runs in South Africa and 25 runs in England. The real test comes on while playing on the lifeless Australian tracks.