Following Australia's loss in the opening test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur, fast bowler Scott Boland has suggested the likelihood of him remaining in Australia's playing 11 is low.

The Gulidjan quick went wicketless as Australia were completely outplayed by India in the series opener, beaten by an innings and 132 runs.

Although finding the outside edge of multiple Indian batters, Boland was unable to effect a dismissal. He was Australia's most economical bowler, conceding only 34 runs across 17 overs which included four maidens.

"I felt like I contributed to our game plan and had a pretty good spell in conjunction with Toddy (debutante Todd Murphy) a couple of times, so I'm pretty happy with how they came out," Boland said.

Boland indicated his form wouldn't be the reason for a possible omission, with the return of left arm spearhead Mitchell Starc from a finger injury looking increasingly likely ahead of the second test in Delhi.

"I felt like I bowled well, but when you're bringing in someone like Mitchell Starc, who's a gun in these conditions and bowled really well in Sri Lanka and Pakistan," Boland said.

"Hopefully I made the selectors' job a little bit tougher than what it originally was."

Boland, who struggled to extract his now well-known seam movement from the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium pitch, said he doesn't expect pitch conditions to change much throughout the series.

"I assume all the wickets are going to be pretty similar. I'm not sure they're going to give us any pace through the middle of the wicket," he said.

"If you look from their point of view, their spin dominated, they played our spinners pretty well, so I reckon they're going to be looking for the same kind of wicket.

"As a fast bowler you just want one thing of pace, seam, swing and there's not really any of them."

Complicating matters further for selectors is the return of Mitchell Swepson to Australia following the birth of his first child, the addition of Queensland off-spinner Matt Kuhnemann, and the public backlash after the in-form Travis Head was dropped following a stellar run of form.

Regardless of the final side to take to the field in Delhi, Boland said Australia's lower order need to contribute more with the bat, similar to the home side.

"I think all the bowlers, we love batting and as a bowler, when you're bowling to the lower order and can't get them out, it gets frustrating," Boland said.

"Our job going forward is to hopefully put in some partnerships with the batters if there is a batter still in and try to keep them in for a bit longer."

The second test begins at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday.