Australia will desperately try to conquer the mental demons behind repeated batting collapses with the Ashes 50 days away.
While they won't play any Tests before facing England in Brisbane on November 23, the players will get three Sheffield Shield games to exorcise deficiencies.
Australia's last matches as a national side before the home summer will be three T20 internationals against India, who have just dominated in the 50-over format.
Batting coach Graeme Hick says there is no hiding from the problem ahead of the series-opener in Ranchi on Saturday.
"We're certainly going to try and see if we can start making amends for it," Hick, who played 65 Tests for England, said.
"Especially with the Ashes coming up we don't want to be losing wickets in clumps."
The 4-1 one-day international series loss to India highlighted a persistent problem in Australian cricket over the last 18 months.
Australia were in strong positions only to be undermined each time by a collapse, prompting captain Steve Smith to declare the trend needed to stop.
But after after turning things around against a weakened Indian bowling attack when victorious in Bangalore, Australia lost 3-18 in a five-over period in the final match in Ranchi.
"You can talk as much as you want about it but they need to perform on the field," Hick said.
"And they know that. They're professionals and they were gutted at the end of it."
"I don't think what we did was good enough and I think they accepted that."
Concentration is key in the Australian batsmen overcoming the issue, with technique not the problem, according to Hick.
"Sometimes it happens especially after a long partnership," Hick said.
"Sometimes people just get a little bit relaxed thinking everything's OK and you should be preparing mentally for that.
"Next thing you're strapping your pads on and two or three wickets are down and you're out there."
While the batting is an issue in all formats, Australia's record in the shortest form of the game isn't too flash either.
They have played five 20-over matches since India knocked them out of last year's World T20 in the group stage, all against Sri Lanka for three wins and two defeats with one series apiece.
Australia have lost their last six encounters against India in the shortest format, with their last victory coming more than five years ago in the 2012 World T20 in Sri Lanka.
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