<p>The Australian cricket team on Sunday sweated it out at the Cricket Club of India in their first training session ahead of the seven-match ODI series against India that will be preceded by the lone Twenty20 game at Rajkot on October 10.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The ODI rubber commences on October 13 in Pune and concludes in Bangalore on November 2.<br />The team, which arrived on Saturday night, had a light training session and played a game of football in their one-hour outing here.<br /><br />The visiting team would have another two-day practice session at the Cricket Club of India before leaving for Rajkot for the opening T20 game and they are expected to have proper net sessions on Monday morning.<br /><br />Five Australian squad members -- Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell -- were representing their IPL teams in the Champions League Twenty20 finals on Sunday night.<br /><br />The team from Down Under is without regular skipper Michael Clarke and T20 captain George Bailey will lead the side in the former’s absence.<br /><br />Clarke was ruled out of the tour due to a nagging back injury.</p>
<p>The Australian cricket team on Sunday sweated it out at the Cricket Club of India in their first training session ahead of the seven-match ODI series against India that will be preceded by the lone Twenty20 game at Rajkot on October 10.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The ODI rubber commences on October 13 in Pune and concludes in Bangalore on November 2.<br />The team, which arrived on Saturday night, had a light training session and played a game of football in their one-hour outing here.<br /><br />The visiting team would have another two-day practice session at the Cricket Club of India before leaving for Rajkot for the opening T20 game and they are expected to have proper net sessions on Monday morning.<br /><br />Five Australian squad members -- Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell -- were representing their IPL teams in the Champions League Twenty20 finals on Sunday night.<br /><br />The team from Down Under is without regular skipper Michael Clarke and T20 captain George Bailey will lead the side in the former’s absence.<br /><br />Clarke was ruled out of the tour due to a nagging back injury.</p>