Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has revealed that his team will not play any practice match before its high-profile Border Gavaskar Trophy away Test series against India next year as a short preparatory camp in conditions similar to the sub-continent would be more useful. The Australians will, however, play tour games against local sides during upcoming assignments against South Africa and England. The series against India would last for over a month with games spread across Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, and Ranchi before the finale in Ahmedabad. During their 2023 tour of India, the Aussies had held a camp in Alur near Bengaluru to prepare for the series. Australian haver not won a Test series in India since 2004-05 season.