With a continuous decimation of all comers at home, India is quiet leading in cricket and have challenged Australians for the next face-off against the hosts in Pune from February 23 in a four-day Test series.

Australia skipper Steve Smith has placed the game plan right considering Virat Kohli as a threat as the latter has recently proved to be better batsmen than ever. In a media conference, he said: "We are very excited about this tour, it is going to be a difficult challenge."

"India are a very good team, we have prepared very well and hopefully the players can be successful" he added. Talking about the game plan he said "We are trying to form a game plan. Obviously, I am not going to tell you about it. He is a world-class player and is batting very well, has got four double hundreds in his last four series. He is a key player for India but they have a strong top six."

The pace attack is another challenge for the Aussies as he said: "It is not only spinners, they have some great fast bowlers."

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