Most of the Australian players are coming off playing some 50-over cricket in the One-Day Cup and this series will serve as match simulation for the Test players for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in less than three weeks. However, the spotlight is a bit more on the Pakistan players with a new captain, Mohammad Rizwan, in charge and the trio of Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi returning. Australia start as favourites but a few of the Pakistan players were recently involved in the England Test series win and will want to take the momentum forward. Follow the live updates of AUS vs PAK 1st ODI from Melbourne-