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Andrew McDonald sees the India T20I series as a key test for Australia\u2019s new aggressive style under Mitchell Marsh, facing Abhishek Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy and Jasprit Bumrah.<\/h2>\n
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Australia head coach Andrew McDonald views the upcoming T20I series against India as a crucial test for the team\u2019s new aggressive batting style, which has been effective in recent months.<\/p>\n

Under Mitchell Marsh, Australia has adopted a more attacking approach after consecutive group-stage exits in the last two T20 World Cups. This change has been successful, with Australia winning series against West Indies, South Africa, and New Zealand, losing only once in their last 11 T20Is.<\/p>\n

India come into the five-match series as reigning T20 World Cup champions, with top-ranked T20I batter Abhishek Sharma, bowler Varun Chakaravarthy, and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah in their squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been a shift. We\u2019re 11 games in now from the initial conversation. When we set out on this journey, we\u2019d failed in a couple of World Cups previously, so we wanted to shift and stretch the boundaries on what we thought we could do.”<\/p>\n

\u201cSo yeah, we have been more aggressive, we\u2019ve played people in different positions. Tim David has batted a little bit higher than previously. Our admission was that we haven\u2019t been successful in a couple of campaigns. We\u2019ve got to change things up. We\u2019ve got to stretch ourselves.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it the style that can win a World Cup? We believe so. Will we have to pivot and nuance it slightly, depending on whether we\u2019re in Colombo or Delhi or Kolkata? There\u2019s no doubt about that.”<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re playing against India, so it\u2019s a really good test on whether this style will hold up. They\u2019re the number-one ranked team in the world, I think we\u2019re number two. We\u2019re excited to test ourselves against the best.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThose younger players that have got some opportunity, what better opportunity than to play against the best team in the world and stand up in that environment,” McDonald was quoted as saying to reporters in Canberra on Monday, ahead of the opener on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

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Australia is also evaluating options to replace Mitchell Starc in the pace attack, with Nathan Ellis as the designated death-overs specialist and several players vying for supporting roles. McDonald expressed excitement about developing the next crop of bowlers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re gathering information around what that next crop will be. We\u2019ve been so stable with Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood in white-ball formats. So to see Ellis shape as a frontline bowler, how we use him, to see Xavier Barlett, Sean Abbott now gets a little bit more runway in terms of pressing his claims as well, then Mahli Beardman joining us in the middle of this series is exciting. We\u2019re excited by that next crop,” added McDonald.<\/p>\n

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