Australia didn’t play a practice game in India prior to the First Test.

Should players be expected to perform under the pressure of a Test Match when they haven’t played competitive red ball cricket for 8 weeks and or played a practice game under the pressures and conditions, they’ll experience in the Test Match?

Practice games are essential, locals can show their ability and revenue for local States or Counties can be generated.
If they don’t put out the best opposition or they rest first x1 players never use them as a warm up veune.
I remember playing windies , NZ , Pakistan , and England in practice games and we weren’t ever going to play test cricket so it was our big chance .
We beat the Windies in Sydney in 1984 and Holland and Bennett were then picked for Australia, it was great to play against the best .
No one held back and it was great practice for the tourists