Michael Hussey, the esteemed Australian cricketer, expressed his belief that the significance of the five-match T20I series against India, scheduled immediately after the World Cup, was diminished. He emphasized that an excess of cricket was exerting both physical and mental strain on the players. Following Australia's ODI World Cup triumph over India in Ahmedabad on November 19, merely four days later, the teams commenced the first T20I in Visakhapatnam on November 23.