The Australian cricket team is scheduled to play five ODIs and three T20Is  against India. The Australia skipper Steve Smith has admitted that the upcoming limited over series against India will be a tough one.

"This is gonna be a tough tour. India has been playing some good cricket for a while now and they had a very successful tour of Sri Lanka. So, it's going to be a good challenge for this (Australia) group. We are excited about it," said Smith in a press conference on Sunday.

Smith said, "It's a completely different format to Test cricket. I think Axar Patel has done pretty well. Chahal is there in the squad and Kuldeep Yadav who is a good bowler. So, they certainly have got some really good spin options. We have got to play them well throughout the series."

Australian skipper said, "I think it will be played in good spirit. It's always a hard contest playing in India. We are excited by the challenge of playing over here."

The 28-year-old said, "I wasn't there in the last ODI series in 2013 but it was a big run fest for memory. Pretty flat wickets and big totals. So, we will see what we are presented with but it could be the same again."

Team Squads:

India Squad: 

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Ajinkya Rahane, MSDhone, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvender Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami

Australia squad: 

Steve Smith, David Warner, Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa.

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