Ind vs Aus: I've let the boys know about Barinder Sran, says Steve Smith

Perth He may be an unknown entity in international cricket but Barinder Sran is not quite unfamiliar to Australian captain Steve Smith who says the rookie pacer has impressive variations in his armoury and was discussed in the dressing roomSteve SmithI havent seen much of Srans oneday cricket back home in India but I saw him bowling in the IPL with Rajasthan Royals and he was quite impressive Hes a tall lad swings the ball early and hes got a few changeups Ive let the boys know about them said Smith of his IPL teammate on the eve of the first of fivematch ODI series starting here todayIndia could opt to hand their leftarm seamer Sran a debut while Gurkeerat Mann and Rishi Dhawan wait in the wings Thanks to his halfcentury in the warmup match onSaturday Manish Pandey looks set to bat at number five on TuesdayI know some of the young guys that are going to get an opportunity through IPL the likes of Manish Pandey who I think has progressed really well and played some good cricket of late And obviously the experience of Virat Kohli Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma in the top order they are pretty crucial wickets for us and hopefully we can get them early Clarke saidSmith hoped that the pitch at the WACA will aid his seamers The hosts have named an allpace attack for the first of the fivematch series There wasnt much pace and bounce in it when we played against New Zealand Hopefully tomorrow it can have that said Smith today on the eve of the seriesIt looks a little bit soft at the moment underfoot but obviously were still a day out from the game Well see how it looks tomorrow Hopefully it has more pace and bounce than in that TestIts traditional that we can use a leftarm seamer here who can use the breeze and swing the ball The wicket looks like itll be a good one We are happy to start at the WACA and Gabba for the first two matches of the series They have been fortresses for us in ODI cricket for a while Obviously the conditions are a bit different to what the Indians are used to back home and hopefully we can exploit that he addedThe 23yearold leftarm pacer Joel Paris will make his debut tomorrow then and it will be a special affair for him as the WACA is his home ground 26yearold Victorian Scott Boland will also be handed his first ODI cap as Australian named an allpace attack with Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Marsh and James Faulkner filling up the numbersJoel Paris has been very impressive in the Matador Cup for the last couple of years and in the Big Bash this year Perth is one of the best places in the world to bowl as a fast bowler You get good pace and carry and a little bit of swing Its a great opportunity for all of them tomorrow and particularly Joel playing in his home ground said the Australian skipperTalking about the inexperienced bowling attack in the absence of the retired Mitchell Johnson and the injured Mitchell Starc Smith said Weve got a pretty young inexperienced bowling attack but theyve all been bowling well and I think its a really exciting time for Australian cricket to see these young guys coming through Im sure they are going to relish the opportunity to bowl at places like the WACA and the GabbaIndia have got some very good players of fast bowling Last year the more they played in these conditions throughout the Test matches ODIs and the World Cup they looked like they adapted to the conditions For us we used Glenn Maxwell as our spinner through the World Cup and used our pace attack to good effect Particularly at the Gabba and WACA we can use the quicks a lot more than the spinners he added