4. Hardik Pandya

The devastating Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be donning the blue of India after a long wait in Australia. Pandya didn’t bowl during the IPL and he is once again expected to play as a specialist batsman in the late middle order.

On his day Pandya can alone win a T20 match as he has all the gears of a quality batsman in the shortest format of the game. Pandya batting at 6 provides the much-needed X-Factor to the batting of India which will be pressing against Australia. The good thing is that Pandya was in superb form for Mumbai Indians in the IPL and he will be intending to replicate it against Australia.

Hardik Pandya T20I record: 40 matches, 310 runs, SR 147.6