* Squad Opportunities: The absence of key players opens the door for young talents and fringe players like Nitish Kumar Reddy (expected to replace Pandya) and pace bowlers like Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna. * History: India has never played an ODI at Perth Stadium before, while Australia has not had much success in their limited outings at the venue. India comes in with strong recent form and the momentum of a new captaincy era, but will be tested by the pacy Perth pitch.