Steven Smith expects a turning track in Dharamsala

It is quite easy to be enamoured by the settings of HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. The Himalayas provide a beautiful backdrop but when the view shifts to the ground itself, which was under covers a day before the game between Australia and New Zealand, the mood becomes bleaker. With each game holding a lot of significance in a tournament like the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, a washout is the last thing that any team would want.

For Australia, this will be the first game of the tournament and Steve Smith, the skipper, is eager to get going if the weather permits. Smith is the latest amongst the long list of players who have been smitten by the view but right now the captain is also grappling with the possibility of a shortened game.

"We haven't picked a team yet. We are waiting. We don't know what's going to happen with the weather. There are a few variables there so we are going to wait and see. We are not set on the team for each game. We could chop and change a bit. The guys have to be flexible throughout the tournament and I think it will take all fifteen of us if we have to win it," Smith said in a press conference ahead of the game on Thursday (March 17).

Smith also believed that the team would have to make plans specifically for curtailed games, if needed. "Few different things could change with a shortened game," he said and added, "I think you have to have something in mind. I don't think a lot of the game-plans or the way each individual plays changes too much but I think you do have to have a few different game-plans if the game is a bit shorter."