India pick debutant for must-win clash

Australia will bat first in their bid to wrap up the Gillette ODI Series at the first opportunity after India captain Virat Kohli called incorrectly at the coin toss at the Adelaide Oval.

Australia have fielded an unchanged XI from the side that won the opening ODI in Sydney by 34 runs to upset the world's No.1 ranked team, with Glenn Maxwell again listed to bat at No.7.

Allrounder Mitchell Marsh again remains sidelined as he continues to recover from a virulent bout of gastritis that left him hospitalised for two days last week with players in today's match set to swelter as Adelaide bakes in temperatures reaching the mid-40s Celsius region.

Kohli said he would also have batted first with the Adelaide surface looking "like a great wicket". Kohli said his side were "scratchy" in Sydney

India have made one change to their line-up with rookie left-arm pacer Kahleel Ahmed dropped from the side and replaced by Mohammed Siraj, who makes his ODI debut.

Siraj, a 24-year-old from Hyderabad, has played three T20 internationals for India and 31 List A one-dayers. He joined India's squad to replace first-choice seamer Jasprit Bumrah, who was rested after India's triumph in the Domain Test Series.

A win in Adelaide would give Australia their first ODI series victory since January 2017.

Victory on Tuesday against India in game two of the three-match series will snap a six-series losing streak in ODIs for Australia.

"It would mean a lot - it has been a while,'" Australia's vice-captain Alex Carey told reporters on Monday.

"As a cricket lover, I want to see Australia winning. And being a part of it, it means so much to us every game we play.

"So the series win would be a great result and a really big confidence booster."

Since beating Pakistan 4-1 in January 2017 the Australians have won just four of 26 ODIs – a stretch featuring 19 losses and three no-results.

But Carey said Australia's collective eyes weren't on the prize of a series win against the Indians but rather the "process" ahead of a World Cup captain starting in late May.

"To continue to get better every game is probably our biggest process at the moment leading into that World Cup," he said.

"Not thinking too far ahead, bringing it back to tomorrow night, but if we're playing the cricket we know we're good enough to play, the results will probably look after themselves."

In Sydney last Saturday, India opener Shikhar Dhawan was out for a first-ball duck, captain Virat Kohli made just three and Ambati Rayudu was dismissed for a second-ball duck as the visitors were left reeling at 3-4 in the fourth over, a position they couldn't escape from despite opener Rohit Sharma's superb 133.

Gillette ODI Series v India

Australia ODI squad: Aaron Finch (c), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (wk), Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Adam Zampa

India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

First ODI: Australia won by 34 runs

Second ODI: January 15, Adelaide Oval (D/N)

Third ODI: January 18, MCG (D/N)