Australian middle-order batsman Peter Handscomb has vowed not to let apprehensions about tricky conditions in India affect his attacking approach to Test batting.
The Victorian heads into the four-Test series with limited experience on the subcontinent, having toured India with Australia A in 2015 and playing a stint in the Indian Premier League.
With India's highly-rated spinners Ravi Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja being renowned for building pressure on opposition batsman, Handscomb will look to be positive.
But he admitted balls that spin less than expected - which led to the downfall of several Australia batsmen in last year's Test series in Sri Lanka - would be difficult to handle.
"Some of the world's best batters don't know how to do that, so I don't know how I'm going to do it," Handscomb said from the team's training camp in Dubai.
"I've got a few game plans in my head.
"I'll be looking to use my feet and be positive going either forward or back to the spinners (and) obviously finding a game plan there and sticking to it."
Handscomb dominated South African and Pakistani bowling attacks since making his Test debut in November.
He averaged almost 100 from his four Tests, striking at a rate of close to 60 and scoring two centuries over the Australian summer.
Despite understanding it's vastly different circumstances in India, he learned in 2015 to back his ability.
"I learned more to back my own game plan, back my skills, try not to be too worried about what the ball's doing off the wicket and still be confident coming down the track, but also playing off the back foot and if I need to sweep, try and sweep as well," the Victorian said.
"It's unpredictable turn. From the middle of the wicket, it can go relatively straight but out of the footmarks, or even just wide of the centre of the wicket, it can really spin and quite aggressively.
"It'll be (about) trusting our defence and seeing how we go."
The first Test in Pune begins on February 23.
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