Pune may be a long way from the Tamworth wickets he grew up on, but the basics of fast bowling still apply for Josh Hazlewood.
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The Bendemeer Bullet will play his maiden Test on the sub-continent when Australia faces India from Thursday.
Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will lead the attack as the visitors look to follow the winning recipe from the 2004 series when Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie strangled the home side’s batsmen.
The right-arm seamer made no secret of Australia’s plans of trying to tie down a batting line-up headed by Virat Kohli.
“I guess it’s always the case in India you bowl a lot straighter,” Hazlewood told reporters on the eve of the Test.
“You bowl a lot tighter on middle and off compared to Australia where you bowl in that channel on, and outside the off-stump.
“It’s about drying up the runs, it is a fast outfield here and runs can tick along pretty quickly.
“In that sense you build pressure. Wickets come by bowling dots and good maiden overs for a long period of time.
“In Australia, you get good bounce. You are not going to get that here and have to look get five wickets elsewhere in other ways, whether it's through reverse swing or cutters.”
Hazlewood, the world’s top-ranked paceman, goes into this Test rested and refreshed, sitting out Australia’s lone tour match.
The decision on who will join David Warner at the top of the Australian batting order the major query.
Matt Renshaw and Usman Khawaja are vying for the role, with Shaun Marsh to bat at No.3 ahead of captain Steven Smith.
Mitchell Marsh is set to return to the side at No.6, his bowling winning the all-rounder a berth ahead of Glenn Maxwell.
Marsh’s seamers complement Hazlewood and Starc, while Nathan Lyon and Steve O’Keefe are the preferred spin duo.