Their squad is set to include several players left over from the 2015 World Cup final win over New Zealand in Melbourne, including opening batsman David Warner, star batsman Steve Smith, all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and new-ball bowlers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. .
“The good thing is that we have guys who won it in 2015,” said Australia captain Pat Cummins, who was a member of the team in 2015 along with teammate Mitchell Marsh.
“We know that feeling and won’t be afraid to go out there, be brave and take the game forward.”
Australia lost its opening two matches of the tournament, losing by six wickets against India and then suffered a massive 134-run defeat to South Africa.
But since then they have won eight consecutive matches and worryingly for India, they took their revenge on South Africa with a tense three-wicket win in the Kolkata semi-final, where Cummins kept his composure in a nervy run-chase .
“There have been no big wins,” Cummins said. “We’ve had to fight for every win, but we’ve found a way to win.”