Australia vs India 2014-15: Probable Australian XI

The four previous Border-Gavaskar series have been comprehensively won by the home side: India thrice in 2008/09, 2010/11 and 2012/13, and Australia in 2011/12. Considering India’s overseas struggles lately, it is only fair to consider Australia as huge favourites going into the 2014/15 tour. Here is a predicted Australia XI that is expected to give tough competition for India:

#1 David Warner

The left-hander is the leading opener in world cricket at the moment. Australia will be relying on him to get them off to a good start with controlled, aggressive strokeplay. Once he survives the new ball, he could cash in on the inexperienced support cast.

With 1305 runs at an average of 68.68 and 6 centuries, Warner is the second highest run scorer in Test matches only behind Kumar Sangakkara, over the last 12 months.