The Australia camp has already got down to business doing their homework for the summer and, in Alex Carey’s words, they have been having meetings to find out the “chinks” in India’s armour.

Ahead of the limited-overs duels Down Under, Carey acknowledged India’s bowling strength, but expressed confidence that the Aussies too have the wherewithal to give it back to the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Yuzvendra Chahal.

“We understand how good Bumrah, Shami, Chahal and (Ravindra) Jadeja are. But we also understand the kind of players we have in this Australian group.

“You look at (David) Warner and (Aaron) Finch at the top, who have had good success against these guys. We’re already having meetings on what we think are their chinks and how we could expose them,” Carey, Australia’s preferred wicketkeeper-batsman in the white-ball formats, said during an interaction with select Indian media from Sydney on Tuesday. The series will be telecast live by Sony.

Carey thinks Australia have no scope to relax just because India will be missing Rohit Sharma in the ODIs and T20Is as those present pose no less a threat.

“We all understand how good a player Rohit is. He was in good form too. But having said that, India still do have a lot of good top-order players who can help fill the spot that Rohit does leave,” Carey said.

“We saw KL (Rahul) in the IPL was something really special, while we also know what (Virat) Kohli can do. I have played against KL a number of times now and he is really damaging. He is going to be a huge wicket upfront and obviously, that of Virat will be a massive one.

“But you also need to look at the form that Shreyas (Iyer) has shown. For us, it’s not just about one player as there are threats all down the Indian line-up.

“So although one of the best players of the format wouldn’t be playing for India, we fully understand that it is a tough task ahead of us to beat them,” Carey added.

Elaborating on his Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas, Carey said: “Shreyas’s ability to connect with all the players in the (DC) group was fantastic. To take the focus off himself at times and worry about the group and also take responsibility in games is something I think could make Shreyas a fantastic leader.”

Summer of hope

The fresh outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Australia is “obviously a concern”, agreed Carey, but he believes that the Australian cricket summer will remain unaffected.

Replying to a query from The Telegraph, Carey said: “It’s obviously a concern for everyone’s health and psyche, more so in South Australia. It’s not ideal that it has come around again at this stage, but we fully trust the CA (Cricket Australia) medical staff and advice that’s going to be given to all the players.

“I feel our summer of cricket will continue strongly starting here at the SCG and then in due course we will find out more what it looks like in Adelaide. But I guess in a short term, we trust the first Test will happen in Adelaide, and as players we will do everything to make sure everyone’s safe and the cricket continues.”

ICC voting

The first round of voting to elect the next ICC chairman ended in a stalemate on Tuesday, according to sources. Two more rounds of voting will take place. Neither New Zealand’s Greg Barclay nor interim chairman Imran Khwaja got the requisite numbers to be the next chairman.

The winner needs a two-thirds majority — 11 votes — of the total 16 votes that will be cast by the directors sitting on the ICC board.