Pretty sure that David Warner will come through: Mickey Arthur
a seasoned campaigner, Watson would be needed in the middle-order, which is relatively inexperienced.
"I think Watto's a class player so wherever Watto fits in I think he adds value," Arthur said.
"Potentially through the middle is going to be a real tough time to bat, so you want your most seasoned campaigners in that area. We've got to look again and see what we think is going to be the best possible way of winning."
Arthur was reluctant to divulge details of Australia's possible line-up for the match.
"That's the primary focus for us, how are we going to beat India in India. We've got to look at our best possible combination to do that," he said.
"I do think though that we've just come off a series where we've been Sri Lanka 3-0 - do those players get first opportunity? I don't know. That's something that we'll have sorted out by the end of today," he added.
He, however, said that seamer Moises Henriques has a better chance of being picked than off-spinning all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who was the only million-dollar buy of this year's IPL players' auction.
Henriques made his case with a haul of 4 for 12 in the first of the two warm-up games.
"Moises has done everything right to possibly get a Test match here," Arthur said.
"We've chatted at length about it. We'll consider everything before we get the team out. But Moises has certainly done very well in these games.
"He's bowled exceptionally well I thought. The way he batted the other
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