Andrew Wu writes on cricket and AFL for The Sydney Morning Herald
Spin duo Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe face the toughest challenge of their careers to bowl their side back into the game after Australia's struggles with the bat in India continued in the first Test on Thursday.
The good news for Usman Khawaja is Australia has only two tours to Asia until the end of 2019, the bad news is it could be a while before he gets back into the team.
These are the photos that have confirmed Australia's worst fears in India and forced an 11th hour rethink of their game plan on the eve of arguably the toughest assignment in world cricket.
As Matthew Wade prepares to confront his demons on the subcontinent, Australian wicketkeeping great Ian Healy has labelled the series in India as the biggest challenge in the gloveman's career.
Five key issues confronting Australia, who are about to embark on mission impossible in India.
Veteran batsman Michael Klinger has set himself the lofty goal of being man of the match when he makes a belated international debut in the series against Sri Lanka.
Australian captain Steve Smith could go nearly two years without leading the Twenty20 side as his deputy Aaron Finch said the packed international schedule was not helping Australia's development in the shortest form of the game.
Cricket Australia will join forces with England, South Africa and New Zealand in another bid to lobby the International Cricket Council for the introduction of substitutes in first-class games.
Australian Test opener Matt Renshaw is seeking the counsel of former great Matthew Hayden for tips on how to conquer spin in India as he embarks on his first Test tour.
The last man to lead Australia to success in India, Adam Gilchrist, has told the country's Test players they need to embrace the country's people and culture if they are to have success in the upcoming series.
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