Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Undoubtedly one of the most eagerly awaited Test series in history is the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Australian and Indian national teams have grown to be bitter rivals over the years, and every time they play one another, it is a spectacle to see.
The opening day of the first Test is set for February 9 in Nagpur, and the Indian team has already begun preparing for the contest. Australia will like to change the fact that they have failed to defeat India in the last three Border-Gavaskar Trophy matches.
Steve Smith, an Australian batter, recently spoke out over his team’s decision to skip the tour games before the series. Smith believed that Australia would gain more from training alone as opposed to participating in tour games on ineffective Indian fields. The Australian batter’s remarks were noted by Ravichandran Ashwin, who described them as mind games that the Australians are known for engaging in.
Australia is renowned for its psychological tricks: Ashwin
In 2017, they used a green top for practice matches, but according to Steve Smith, the actual match was played on a rank turner. According to the right-handed batter, playing tour games is pointless because the pitches are different from those used in training.
Smith’s remarks were criticised by Ashwin as being indicative of the Australian team’s pre-series playing strategy and mind games. In addition, he stated that the Indian team had previously shunned exhibition games because of its hectic schedule.
“We had a green wicket in Brabourne and a very different one in the first Test,” according to Smith (during the 2017 series). In Pune, it was a rank-turner, to be fair. Although we may have given them the green route, none of these things is planned. Australia is renowned for its mind tricks and sledges prior to a series, though. They enjoy performing that. Their brand of cricket,” when introducing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on his YouTube channel, Ashwin commented.
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