Australia has managed to drop a test to West Indies at home. Its more of an aspirational than rooted in logic of recent form.
They haven't won a test series since 2015 against India, that’s 9 long years.
Lol, They have their ICC finals, we have our Test series
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If they could fix their batting woes then they would be formidable
As long as we have Pant and Bumrah in team, we are winning it
We have usually had a decent record there , Kapil Dev’s team almost won a series in 80s but ended up losing close calls.
ofcourse it was mostly due to Pant and Siraj.
India infact has higher W/L ratio against Australia ever since the Border Gavaskar trophy has been conceivedWe have usually had a decent record there , Kapil Dev’s team almost won a series in 80s but ended up losing close calls.
We drew one in early 2000s too ruining Steve Waugh’s retirement by retaining BG trophy.
But Gabba 2021 is the shocking of all with Natraj Sundar Shardul breaking the fortress
If mayank is good for couple of test matches, Perth and gabba. Perth will be ultimate to bully Aussies in their own backyard and land a psychological blow
This guy won't last for more than 3-4 overs. He is injury-prone. India won't be taking any risks with such a guy on such an important tour.
Agree, India remains the underdog in Australia. Normal service would be Australia - India 2-1 or 3-1
Am used to aus bullying others especially in perth. i will like to watch one more ambrose kind of dish out to them.If mayank and kd can replicate Brett Lee and warne, it will make lots of painful memories relieve.
Mayank is good enough for T20s atm. No longer format is going to help him. He might get injured and his career can be jeopardized.
1. YashaswiWin or loss, this series is going to be another blockbuster one
India playing in Australia is cricket's most beautiful sight
No one cares about rubbish wtc one off test final. Its test for God sake. Series wins matters way more.Lol, They have their ICC finals, we have our Test series
1000% will backfire if green pitches. Bunra shami mayank shiraj would love gree pitches.
Loser
Last series India has won without Kohli and Rohit. India was without many of its star players. In fact, it has become a problem for India to make up 11 players as most of them are injured or not available. They had to include Natarajan as pace bowler, whom initially they considered as bowler for batsman practice at nets. The test where in they scored 40 and odd runs humiliated them and they have come back strongly with B grade team and still won the series. So don't take it granted and India can do wonders, either they may choke meekly or win against Hercules taskFour long months to go.
India has two home test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand.
There is only a 15-day gap between the last day of the New Zealand test in India and the first day of the Australia test in Perth, which I believe is a significant disadvantage. India will most likely start with a loss in this test series.
Does the Indian Cricket Team have the resilience to come back and win another test series in Australia? It's tough to imagine, especially with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both aging.
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But then they have Burmah
In 2011 after they won wc they drew vs one of the strongest SA sides in history.
I think the one thing you can say for the Australians is that they're pretty sure of their team combination
Khawaja 27 28? 37 38 you mean
Yes 37-38. My bad. I meant to say he's really getting old.
I think most of the old guard will hang on to the WTC finals...I'm assuming India and Australia make it. They have a pretty decent lead at this pointPitches are gonna be bouncy...
Series is gonna be juicy...
Test retirements are queuing up...
Biggest loss will be Ashwin and Jadeja at home and Bumrah overall.
Lol... India wont capitulate like England of 2013
Most of what you've said is true but I'm not pessimistic enough think 3-0.
I hope they do. If they don't, we should be 'Andersoning' them.
He is good in tests and has some impressive centuries in SENA countries. Even in the last tour of South Africa, he scored a century on a tough pitch.
He will score in one innings and flop for the rest of the series. Exactly what happened in 2021 I believe and then recently in SA again.
India also fielded their C team
I am saying winning 3 series back to back in Australia not easy. And this time rohit is the captain he make lots of blunder
I said that to because Australia can't lose this time if they lose the series this time that will be a humiliation so Australia have to bring their a game
India rookies out play them
Has anyone won a D/N test or heck even survived it in Australia so far?
Rohit is actually a very dumb test captain. Good for loi but average in tests.
Kohli intimidates opposition to make blunders in the longer format. In longer format, its easy to rectify a mistake and comeback even after a session too in some cases.Sadly both Rohit and Rahul lacked plan b in most of the cases.Lets hope gambhir can fix it.
Not still sure about Gill but jaiswal can stuck as he has shown in eng series. In worst cases we should interchange kl to 3 and Gill at 5
Temperament plays a very vital role in Australia rather than technique. Because you don't get tested technically much here unless it is a pink ball test or some drop in pitch. Generally true in nature where good bowlers get rewarded for persistent line and length. Temperamentally good batsmen can negotiate such phases without worrying about technical errors like Pujara did in 2018. Quiet often opposition succumbs to the relentless pressure inflicted by their pace attack. India on a very good batting track can potentially collapse if they don't display temperament. It will be a huge learning curve for lot of batsmen. Guys like Rohit, Kohli have to lead the way.
What wrong sarfraz have done to not find a place .
