High on confidence after winning the first Twenty20 International, India will look to press home the advantage and seal the three-match series when they take on Australia in the second T20 in Melbourne, later today.

Having won the first match of the three-T20I series by 37 runs, in Adelaide, to take a 1-0 lead, India find themselves ahead of the hosts for the first time on the tour, a position of confidence they did not enjoy for the duration of the One-Day International series.

Winning the last ODI in Sydney provided some relief to the beleaguered tourists, and then the victory in the previous match in Adelaide has given their last week on tour some impetus.

Hitting the right balance for the playing eleven was a concern for the Indian team. They tried doing so earlier in the series, bringing in Gurkeerat Mann and Rishi Dhawan, and leaving out the additional spinner.

Two spinners in the team did not provide captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni the control he needed in the middle overs, and though that change in selection did not bring about the desired results, the youngsters impressed enough to stay on for the T20Is.

Ravichandran Ashwin duly returned to the side and along with Ravindra Jadeja gave a precursor of things to come in the sub-continent in the next two months.

And with Jasprit Bumrah impressing on debut, it gave the management further confidence to draft in Hardik Pandya as well, banking on extra overs that Yuvraj-Raina could bowl if need be.

The skipper happily accepted a problem of plenty post the Adelaide victory, but failed to specify just how he intended to sort this one.

Given that he is expected to go in with the same eleven, the onus thus lies on Yuvraj and Raina to make sure he doesn't need to.  

Raina looked rusty in his 34-ball 41-run knock at the Adelaide Oval, and it was only Virat Kohli's efforts that did not allow pressure to shift back to the Indian batting in the last 10 overs.