Australia captain George Bailey is expecting fireworks as his side take on India in their World Twenty20 Super Eights clash on Friday night (midnight AEST).

Australia have qualified for the Super Eights following wins in the group stage over Ireland and West Indies.

Bailey’s men have had a six-day break and now face three games in five days in the Super Eights against India, South Africa (on Sunday) and Pakistan (on Tuesday).

Abrasive India offspinner Harbhajan Singh celebrated his return to international cricket after more than a year out of the game by taking 4-12 against a clueless England batting line-up last Sunday.

And the chatty Virat Kohli, voted earlier this month as the ICC’s one-day international player of the year, has struck innings of 50 and 40 against Afghanistan and England in the World T20 and is also building himself up for a big game against Australia.

“We have players who probably engage in some of that and players who don’t,” Bailey said.

Bailey says sledging India’s players and handling the banter they fire back hasn’t been part of the team’s tactical discussions this week.

“That side of things you really focus on what you do. You don’t go out of your way,” Bailey says.

Bailey admits opening batsman David Warner is one player in his camp who’ll be keen to get in the faces of India’s bowlers.

“You’ll find that most of those guys who like to verbal, they instigate it,” Bailey said.

“That’s the way they get their juices flowing. It gets them switched on.

“Very rarely do those people wait for it to kick-off. They like to start the fire.”