Australia spinner Nathan Lyon termed Indian players as superstars' while hoping to revive his on-field rivalry with India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Rohit is on a paternity break and will miss the series-opener. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is captaining the Indian team in his absence.
Travis Head smashed a breezy 49 not out as Australia reached their small target to beat India by nine wickets well inside three days
At the end of the first day of play, it is the home side that is firmly in control, and India that is now reduced to chasing the game.
Australia bowled out West Indies for 188 at Adelaide Oval on Day 1 of the first Test on Wednesday.
Marnus Labuschagne has played 30 of Australia's 38 matches since his debut in early 2020 and was part of the team that won a three-match series in India in March this year.
Apart from Renshaw's inclusion in place of Warner, there are no changes to the squad which beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third and final test to sweep the series 3-0 last week.
Stoinis lost his spot in Australia's ODI team to Marnus Labuschagne during the World Cup in India
The veteran spinner made his World Cup comeback after a long wait of eight years.
'We've got some areas we can improve, there's some growth within the team and there's two obvious ones.'
South Africa crushed Australia by 134 runs to cruise to their second victory at the World Cup, as Quinton de Kock struck back-to-back tons and Aiden Markram made a half-century before the bowlers ripped through the five-times champions on Thursday.
Images from Day 4 of the first Test between Australia and India in Perth on Monday.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the opening Ashes Test played between England and Australia at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Saturday.
'He's come back and he's taken his opportunities, got himself into the squad and now he's obviously likely to bat in the top-four throughout the World Cup.'
From a bowler's paradise on Day 1 to a batting haven on Day 2, the Perth pitch has defied expectations.
Australia's mouthwatering clash with India sees the two behemoths of the modern game go head-to-head in five tests over six weeks with the tourists eyeing a third straight series triumph Down Under.
'(Bumrah) is so unique, and that's with any of the bowlers, really. Every (batter) picks up different cues and goes about it in a different way.'
Out-of-form skipper Rohit Sharma's batting position will be in focus against a dangerous Australia
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 3rd Test played between India and Australia in Indore on Friday.
The home team bowlers did not put a foot wrong but the pitch "surprisingly" dried up quite quickly at the Optus stadium on the second day, eventually helping the Indian batters, reckons Australia head coach Andrew McDonald.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between Australia and India in Perth on Sunday.
'Never expected this, not in a million years, truly an exceptional day. A lot better than sitting on the couch at home'
India were struggling at 128 for 5 in their second innings, still trailing Australia by 29 runs at stumps on day two of the day-night Test.
Akash Deep reveals how Virat Kohli offered him one of his bats -- a bat that scripted a rare happy memory during India's otherwise devastating tour of Australia.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 2nd Ashes Test played in Adelaide on Thursday.
Images from Day 1 of the 'Pink-ball' second Test between Australia and India in Adelaide on Friday.
Rain is expected early on Tuesday before drier conditions and, with Australia requiring a further 174 runs and England needing seven wickets, a classic is brewing.
Steve Smith and Travis Head join top-ranked Marnus Labuschagne following their centuries in the ICC World Test Championship Final against India.
The three-match ODI series between Australia and West Indies will start from February 2 till February 6 in Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra respectively.
Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur led India's spirited fightback, but Australia were sitting in control after stretching their lead to 296 runs at stumps on Day 3.
'...there'll be nerves and a bit of pressure, but that's all part of it, and I'm just excited to see what it all brings.'
Captain Aaron Finch will lead an equally strong batting line-up also featuring the talents of David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Glenn Maxwell.
By avoiding the follow-on and standing firm against Australia's aggression, India ensured that they stayed alive in the series.
Marnus Labuschagne has been practising batting on his home balcony on a rubber mat laden with pieces of taped aluminium sheeting to try to emulate the variable bounce and turn of Pakistan wickets as Australia readies for its first tour there since 1998.
Maxwell has starred with bat and ball in Australia's white ball teams since coming back from his broken leg last year.
Australian batters Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschange entered record books for the slow pace of their batting during the fifth and final Ashes Test against England at The Oval.
Australia led England by 12 runs at the end of a tense and fluctuating second day to leave the final Ashes Test at The Oval on a knife-edge on Friday.
The four wickets that India prised out in the third session, on balance, swung the game back in their favour, says Prem Panicker .
Fascinating glimpses from Day 3 of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has smashed 655 runs in four Tests against England with two fifties and as many centuries.
