Australia will bring in two fresh faces for Wednesday's third ODI against India, including a potential debutant should Marnus Labuschagne be promoted to open the batting in place of the injured David Warner.
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Labuschagne was one of only a handful of Australians who batted at an optional net session in Canberra on Tuesday afternoon, a day after putting his hand up to replace Warner who suffered a groin injury in the series-sealing game two win over India on Sunday.
Left-hander Matthew Wade was widely expected to fill the breach and play his first ODI since 2017, although he didn't bat at the Manuka nets on Tuesday.
Western Australian Cameron Green, however, batted for almost 30 minutes alongside Labuschagne before heavy rain brought an end to the session.
Marcus Stoinis also batted briefly, after missing Sunday's win with a side strain suffered two days prior, but is not expected to be risked on Wednesday.
That opens the door for Green, who had been endorsed by Steve Smith as an option to replace Stoinis in the last ODI - a job filled by NSW all rounder Moises Henriques.
Another option for captain Aaron Finch is to promote wicketkeeper Alex Carey to the top of the order, and leave Labuschagne at number four which would still provide an opportunity for Green.
Fast bowler Pat Cummins will also miss Wednesday's ODI, after Cricket Australia announced he'd be rested for the remaining limited-overs fixtures ahead of the Test summer.
Fellow NSW quick Sean Abbott has emerged as a possible bolter into the side, looking to add to his only 50-over international which came in Pakistan in 2014, while veteran Andrew Tye is another option for Finch.
Abbott and Tye both bowled at the Manuka nets on Tuesday.
"There's still flexibility there though and that's the beauty of being two nil up in the series, you can look to experiment if you want to do that or you can look to play the safe option," Finch said.
"It all comes down to being really clear, everyone's playing their role really well. Whether that changes for one person or two people I don't think that'll be a huge disruption to the team.
"We haven't picked the team yet.
"Marnus is a class player so if we go that way, great. Alex Carey, the role of him and Maxy [Glenn Maxwell] at six and seven has been really crucial and probably provides a little bit more freedom for that middle order to really go about their business and be ultra aggressive as well.
"The middle order's been functioning really well over the last little while.
"They played really well in England and its obviously done a really good job in this series."
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Meanwhile, Finch has backed paceman Mitchell Starc to rediscover his best after an expensive opening to the summer.
Starc has collected just one wicket in the opening two matches of the series, and leaked 147 runs in just 18 overs.
"He hasn't been at his very best ... his standards are a lot higher than what you'd expect from most other people, because of how dominant he's been over the last eight or nine years, especially in the white ball formats," Finch said.
"It's definitely no panic stations here from my point of view. He'd love to be swinging the ball and getting it right early on.
"There's nowhere to hide in one-day cricket when you're playing on some really flat wickets with quality opposition."
James Buckley
James is a Queanbeyan boy enjoying his second stint at the Canberra Times, more than eight years on from his first. In between he's traveled the world, and spent time covering sport in Sydney.
James is a Queanbeyan boy enjoying his second stint at the Canberra Times, more than eight years on from his first. In between he's traveled the world, and spent time covering sport in Sydney.
