Australia announced its team to tour India for the two test to be played at Mohali and Banglaore. Mohali Test starts on 01.10.09 while the Bangalore test starts on 08.10.09. The team is led by RT Ponting and consists of two new faces in Peter George and Jazel Hazzelwood who are yet to be capped

The squad is – Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-capt), Doug Bollinger, Peter George, Nathan Hauritz, Josh Hazlewood, Ben Hilfenhaus, Phillip Hughes, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Marcus North, Tim Paine (wk), Steven Smith and Shane Watson.

The career figures of the team members are furnished below

Career Averages – Batting
No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	DE Bollinger	10	10	4	42	21	7.00	0	0	2
2	MJ Clarke	62	101	12	4514	168	50.71	14	19	5
3	NM Hauritz	15	20	6	370	75	26.42	0	2	1
4	BW Hilfenhaus	11	15	6	145	56*	16.11	0	1	2
5	PJ Hughes	7	13	1	615	160	51.25	2	2	2
6	MEK Hussey	52	90	12	3981	182	51.03	11	21	8
7	MG Johnson	36	49	8	969	123*	23.63	1	4	9
8	SM Katich	52	91	6	3981	157	46.83	10	24	3
9	MJ North	17	28	2	981	125*	37.73	4	4	4
10	TD Paine	2	4	0	104	47	26.00	0	0	0
11	RT Ponting	146	247	27	12026	257	54.66	39	52	13
12	SPD Smith	2	4	0	100	77	25.00	0	1	0
13	SR Watson	20	35	1	1247	120*	36.67	1	9	1
14	P George	Yet to make his test debut
15	J Hazzlewood	Yet to make his test debut

Career Bowling Average
No	Player	Mat	W	R	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	DE Bollinger	010	044	1085	5/28	08/141	24.65	2	0
2	MJ Clarke	062	020	0782	6/09	06/009	39.10	1	0
3	NM Hauritz	015	057	1814	5/53	06/126	31.82	2	0
4	BW Hilfenhaus	011	042	1230	4/60	05/070	29.28	0	0
5	PJ Hughes	007	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	MEK Hussey	052	002	0103	1/03	01/003	51.50	0	0
7	MG Johnson	036	158	4563	8/61	11/159	28.87	5	2
8	SM Katich	052	021	0617	6/65	06/090	29.38	1	0
9	MJ North	017	012	0434	6/55	06/055	36.16	1	0
10	TD Paine	002	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	RT Ponting	146	005	0242	1/00	01/000	48.40	0	0
12	SPD Smith	002	003	0082	3/51	03/051	27.33	0	0
13	SR Watson	020	038	1048	6/33	06/051	27.57	2	0
14	P George	Yet to make his test debut
15	J Hazzlewood	Yet to make his test debut