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Matured Kimmince flies in for T20 action

Aussie allrounder comfortable with role as T20 specialist, even if it means she's playing catch-up with her teammates

After what's been a stop-start international career to date, Australia allrounder Delissa Kimmince is embracing the confidence that comes with experience as she prepares for the T20I tri-series against India and England.

The Queenslander joined the Australian squad in Mumbai on Monday evening, one of two inclusions for the 20-over matches alongside NSW batter Naomi Stalenberg.

Kimmince made her Australian debut in 2008, playing a single T20I and 10 ODIs before falling out of favour with national selectors. She made a return to the Australia XI in 2014 and was part of the Ashes touring party in 2015, before again losing favour.

Her most recent return came for the home Ashes last November when she played all three T20Is against England, retaining her spot for the Commonwealth Bank Tour of India after an impressive Rebel WBBL campaign for the Brisbane Heat.

"I think as I get older, I feel a lot more relaxed coming back into this set-up," Kimmince said in Mumbai on Tuesday. "When I was younger, I got a bit more anxious and I was more nervous.

"I still get nervous, but I can control that more and I understand my game a little bit more as well.

"You start to understand your game more and what you bring to the team, so when you go out there you have that confidence to back yourself and do whatever role you're required to do."

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Kimmince took 11 wickets at 24.72 in WBBL|03, while scoring 229 runs at 22.90, including an explosive unbeaten 87.

"I was feel pretty comfortable with the ball by the end of the Big Bash, I was feeling confident with my change-up balls and I had my fields in the right spot so I was confident with what I was trying to bowl," she said.

"I was probably a bit disappointed with my batting though, I didn't feel like I was putting consistent scores on the board, but we all know batting is one of those things, it only takes one big score to turn things around."

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With just two full days in Mumbai to adjust before the opening T20I against India on Thursday at Brabourne Stadium, Kimmince knows she's playing catch-up on her teammates who were part of the 3-0 ODI series win and who have had two weeks to acclimatise to the conditions.

But the 28-year-old pace-bowling allrounder accepts that's now part and parcel of the game, revealing she'd been busy back in Brisbane doing what she could to prepare for the Mumbai humidity.

"It's a bit different now with the different formats and how women's cricket is changing, being a specialist T20 player now," she said.

"It does feel a bit weird coming in halfway through when they've settled and I'm trying to get over jetlag, but that's the way women's cricket is going now.

"I've had my first hit-out and it was humid and sweaty, so it was nice to get this one out of the way.

"We were doing sauna and spa sessions after training (at home) to acclimatise, but I don't think you can ever be completely ready for the real thing."

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Kimmince is one of six allrounders in the 14-player touring party, alongside fellow pace bowlers Ellyse Perry and Nicola Carey, and spinners Jess Jonassen, Ashleigh Gardner and Sophie Molineux.

With an in-form batting line-up, a bevy of all-round options and only two specialist bowlers in the group, Kimmince can see plenty of competition for spots in the final XI come Thursday.

"I wouldn't like to be a selector trying to put that final XI on a page, it'll be quite competitive and tough, but that's what is going to get us where we need to go with the World T20 coming up," she said.

"People need to start performing and cementing their spots, so it's good looking around at the competition and the talent in this group."

Commonwealth Bank Tour of India

Australia T20 squad: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Naomi Stalenberg, Elyse Villani, Amanda-Jade Wellington

India T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Anuja Patil, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Rumeli Dhar, Mona Meshram.

England T20I squad: Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Sophie Ecclestone, Tash Farrant, Katie George, Jenny Gunn, Alex Hartley, Danielle Hazell, Amy Jones, Anya Shrubsole, Bryony Smith, Nat Sciver, Fran Wilson, Danni Wyatt

Warm-up match Australia beat India A by 321 runs. Report

Warm-up match Australia beat India A by seven wickets. Report

ODI series

First ODI Australia won by eight wickets. Scorecard

Second ODI Australia won by 60 runs. Scorecard

Third ODI Australia won by 97 runs. Scorecard

T20I tri-series

First T20I Australia v India, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, March 22. Live Coverage

Second T20I Australia v England, Brabourne Stadium, March 23. Live Coverage

Third T20I India v England, Brabourne Stadium, March 25. Live Coverage

Fourth T20I Australia v India, Brabourne Stadium, March 26. Live Coverage

Fifth T20I Australia v England, Brabourne Stadium, March 28. Live Coverage

Sixth T20I India v England, Brabourne Stadium, March 29. Live Coverage

Final Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, March 31. Live Coverage