Australian coach Darren Lehmann in a press conference backed both the Marsh brothers to start the first Test in Pune and spoke about openers Renshaw and Khawaja’s performance in the warm-up games. Based on Lehmann's comments, this is how Australia’s starting XI for the first Test may look like: David Warner, Matthew Renshaw/Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (c), Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade (wk), Steve O'Keefe, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood.