K L Rahul who is just 8-match-old is yet to play a single Test in India, while Ajinkya Rahane who is somewhat a veteran in the side is yet announce himself on home soil in Tests.
ICC Champions Trophy 2017 is still nine months away but a lot will be at stake for the World Champions Australia, pride but more importantly honour and the label of being the No.1 ODI team which they decorate themselves with 24x7, 365 days a year.
Australia helped by Glenn Maxwell's blistering hundred managed to out score Sri Lanka in the first T20I and will be eyeing a series whitewash at Colombo playing the 2nd T20I on Friday.
There are a number of changes in the English side with as many as five players returning in the shortest format.
Sri Lanka instilled some hope levelling the series after the second ODI but were unable to keep up with the momentum, losing the ODI series 4-1 to Australia.
We all are same, you and I. We fall in love with smallest of joys, tallest of hurdles and erratic of celebrations, which amalgamate to one and only one thing - Test cricket.
Have a read though some of the Key Battles, which will add some spice to an already intriguing duel between Ireland and Pakistan in the first ODI at Dublin.
WI will be hoping their big guns Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Jermaine Blackwood and Alzarri Joseph finally come to the party.
Younis Khan choiced the perfect time and opportunity to stamp his authority with the bat, and also teach the world the art of shepherding the tail.
Pakistan were helped by Azhar Ali's resilient batting and Asad Shafiq's astute hundred against England in the fourth Test at The Oval where they are now in the driver's seat gaining an edge over the hosts after Day 2.