India will open their T20 World Cup campaign against Pakistan at MCG on October 23.
While the showpiece tournament will get underway on October 16 with the qualifying round matches, the Men in Blue will open their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan at MCG on October 23.
For now, Rohit Sharma and his men are going through intense training sessions in Perth under the watchful eyes of head coach Rahul Dravid, batting coach Vikram Rathour, bowling coach Paras Mhambrey and fielding coach T Dilip.
"The focus was on only about getting used to the conditions. We all knew that conditions in Australia are going to be different, especially the pace and bounce that is different from Indian surfaces. So idea of coming here early and spent some time and practising here was to get used to these conditions and get used to the pace and bounce," Rathour said in a video shared by BCCI on its Twitter page.
"The boys have really worked hard and I think everybody has got some volumes in," he added.
In the video, bowling coach Mhambrey and fielding coach T Dilip also gave a sneak peek into their respective departments.
"The bounce out here in Australia is totally different to what the last few games we played out here. So that gives a great opportunity to the bowlers to acclimatise to the conditions, to the bounce of the wicket, hitting those lengths, what are the individual lengths you want to hit," Mhambrey said.
"We were pretty happy with the way the sessions have been. I think we got what we wanted out of the sessions and now we look forward to the games."
Fielding coach Dilip added: "On day 1 what we wanted to achieve was spiking up the throwing intensity and also little catches. The most important factor is moving laterally, that was for a shorter distance for a lesser time.
"On day 2 what we wanted to achieve on this open ground was we observed that wind becomes a factor, so we did some high catches with a soft ball so that it wobbles a bit which gives a player a fair idea. And then we finished off with a cricket ball so that they get the real picture of what exactly was happening."
On Monday (October 10), the Indian team played a warm-up game against Western Australia and emerged victorious by 13 runs. They will play one more practice match against the same opposition in Perth on October 13.
Subsequently, Rohit Sharma and company will move to Brisbane for official World Cup warm-up games against Australia and New Zealand, scheduled for October 17 and October 19 respectively.
(With PTI inputs)