Legendary Sri Lanka batter Mahela Jayawardene feels Australia have an opportunity of defeating India within the upcoming four-match Border Gavaskar Trophy collection which begins on Thursday in Nagpur. Australia and India, at present ranked No.1 and a couple of respectively in each the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings and the continuing ICC World Test Championship 2023 cycle, will meet in a four-match Test collection in India.
India are the present holder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, having received the collection held in Australia in 2020-21.
While Australia hasn’t received a Test collection in India since 2004, Jayawardena believes Pat Cummins-led Australia will break their duck in the course of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which begins on February 9 in Nagpur.
“I think it’s always going to be a great series. I think Indian conditions and how the Australian batsmen tackle that, they do have a really good bowling unit and how do the Indian batsmen tackle that … it depends on how each team starts the series and who’s got that momentum. But it will be fascinating,” Mahela Jayawardene mentioned within the newest version of the ICC Review.
“It’s difficult to predict, but being a Sri Lankan, I’m hoping that Australia can go all the way. Probably a 2-1 win for Australia, but it’s going to be a tough one,” he added.
The astonishing current run of batsman Shubman Gill has boosted India’s probabilities of efficiently battling that highly effective Australian bowling outfit.
The teen’s spectacular kind in white-ball cricket has given India a major enhance within the shorter codecs, and Jayawardene believes he has what it takes to make an identical impression in red-ball cricket.
“He’s been very good, he’s technically very sound and he’s a good player of pace. That’ll keep him in good stead against that Australian attack, but it’s always going to be tough and it will be a very good series,” the Sri Lankan mentioned of Gill.
“He is in great form at the moment and if he converts that into red-ball cricket and have that tempo, maturity, and understanding of the situations and conditions, he’d be a great asset at the top of the line-up for India. He does give them those good starts at a good tempo to put opposition bowling attacks under pressure,” he added.
Australia’s four-match Test tour of India begins on Thursday, with the fourth and remaining Test scheduled to start on 9 March.
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