India vs Australia: Mitchell Marsh To Play Only As Batter In ODI Series

Returning to competitive cricket after a three-month gap, Glenn Maxwell is struggling to get that "mental application" back and is leaving no stone unturned in "building match intensity" to be ready for the crucial ODI series against India, which will also host the World Cup later this year. All-rounders Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh and paceman Jhye Richardson on Thursday returned to Australia's 16-member ODI squad after a long injury lay-off. While Maxwell and Marsh underwent surgeries for broken leg and ankle injury respectively, Richardson was out of the team due to a soft tissue problem.

Maxwell said he is still coming to terms with the mental side of the game after making a comeback to cricket in Victoria's Marsh Sheffield Shield victory over South Australia this week.

"During the Shield game, probably mentally batting in that position I wasn't quite there," Maxwell was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

"In the nets you can do all the hard work but to get that mental application back in the game is obviously a different thing.

"That's probably something I'm working on over the next few games … to try and get a few more hits out there and build up that match intensity," he added.

That's exactly the reason the 34-year-old all-rounder has packed his off-season schedule with as many matches as possible to get back to rhythm before the ODI World Cup in India in October-November.

"Having not played for three-and-a-half months, I made a conscious decision to make sure I filled up my calendar with cricket to lead into that World Cup of the back end of the year," Maxwell said.

"We've got the one-day series which is going to be a big series especially with the World Cup in India and will be a good opportunity for us to try and