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India said goodbye to Dubai and the UAE as the dust settled on their Indian Premier League duties and donned a new look for the series against Australia.
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As the team players prepared to leave the Team India bio-bubble hotel in Dubai, stylish, customised PPE suits were on show.
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After months of battling each other for different teams in the IPL, Team India, along with Head Coach Ravi Shastri, showed a united front before heading to the airport.
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Despite again coming up short with RCB, skipper Virat Kohli was smiling ahead of the challenge in Australia.
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Then came the gruelling jouney to Sydney, and some bleary-eyed players emerged after landing and clearing passport control and safety checks.
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They will need to rest up as they have a 69-day all-format slog and tour of Australia beginning November 27.
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But, even as skipper Virat Kohli will miss some of the Tests as he goes on paternity, India remain confident they can come away from Australia with a positive result.
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