Starting well is going to be the key: Voges

Aware of the stiff challenge awaiting them in the upcoming battle against World Cup champions India, Australia's Adam Voges today said that the key is to make a good start in the seven-match rubber, which can provide a chance to the visitors to grab the number one ODI ranking.
"Look, there's a big incentive for us in this tournament. Obviously, India are number one at the moment but if we can have a good win in this series, we've got an opportunity to overtake them, so there's no bigger incentive than that," said the 34-year-old Western Australia middle order batsman.

"Obviously, we have to play extremely well for that, like last time I was here. If we can play some good cricket, start well, I think that will be important," remarked Voges after Australia concluded their third and last day's practice session at the Cricket Club of India.
The first Twenty20 game between the two sides is scheduled on October 10 at Rajkot before the commencement of the seven-ODI series at Pune on October 13.
Voges, who said he has fully recovered from his tired back and hamstring that forced him to return home midway through the Champions T20 League when playing for Perth Scorchers, did not agree that Australia's batting looked a bit fragile.

"I think our one-day batting has been okay. We played pretty well against England in their conditions. Obviously the Champions Trophy (lifted by India) didn't go as we would have liked but I thought the way we bounced back against England in England was pretty good.
"We'll take a lot of confidence out of that as a batting group and we've got some continuity I guess with our batters. We know our role and like I said, a good start to our batting group will be crucial," he said.
Voges said India's spin bowling was challenging as a whole in their home conditions, which, he felt, his team's players are pretty well used to these days.