Australian players have a plan for Indian spinners, says Pat Cummins

Australia skipper Pat Cummins confident ahead of World Cup opener against India. Says team has plan in place to tackle spinners. Cummins banking on Warner, Maxwell for success

Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Thursday asserted that his team has a "plan" to tackle Indian spinners in the opening Cricket World Cup match, saying the victory in the third ODI at Rajkot had made the bunch a "confident" lot ahead of the blockbuster clash at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday (October 8).

India won the three-match series 2-1, but Australia won the Rajkot tie by 66 runs after notching a mammoth 352.

Cummins indicated the confidence stemmed from the fact that the Australians had played Indian spinners in the past and done well.

"It (preparation) starts with training for the next few days before the game. The Australian guys play a lot of spin. Our batting order had played a lot in India and done well, so they know most of the (Indian) bowlers and they have a plan (in place)."

"We are really confident. We had a good win in the third ODI (in Rajkot), which is probably a bit closest to our strongest XI. We have had pretty good records in ODIs in India," added the skipper during a promotional event in Chennai.

Cummins will banking on his "aggressive" opener David Warner, "key player" Glenn Maxwell to guide them to another triumph at the World Cup in Chennai.

While Warner, 36, has struggled for form in the last couple of years, he has peaked at the right time, having scored 390 runs in nine innings this year at an average of 43.33 and a strike rate of 119.26, including four half-centuries and a ton.