After losing the Test series 0-3 against New Zealand on home soil, the Indian team now has to tour Australia. By winning the Test series against Bangladesh, the Indian team had raised its hopes of reaching the final of the ICC World Test Championship. But after the defeat against New Zealand, the equation changed completely. If India had won the Test series against New Zealand, two wins on Australian soil would have been enough for it.
But this defeat spoiled the entire calculation of the Indian team reaching the final. After the defeat against New Zealand, Team India has come to second place in the points table of the World Test Championship and it will have to win four matches to qualify for the final. In such a situation, India’s tour of Australia is going to be very important.
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Importance of the Australian Tour
The Indian team will play a five-Test Test series on Australian soil. If India wins the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 4-0, then it can reach the final without depending on the results of other teams, but if the result is the opposite, then India will need luck.
The Indian team has been successful in defeating Australia in its own home twice in the past and fans will hope that once again Team India does this feat and scores a hat-trick of victories. But before the start of this series, former legend Sunil Gavaskar made a shocking prediction.
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Gavaskar’s Prediction
When Sunil Gavaskar was asked if the Indian team will reach the final of the World Test Championship, he told India Today, “No, I don’t think so. I don’t think so. India cannot beat Australia 4-0 in a Test series. If that happens, I will be very happy. If they do, I will be very happy. But 4-0. India can win 3-1, 4-0 is… I am not talking about the World Test Championship right now.
Now just focus on trying to win the series in Australia. It doesn’t matter whether you win 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 2-1, or not. Go and win. Because that way all of us Indian cricket fans will start feeling good again.” Let us tell you, India has won the last four Test series against Australia, all by a margin of 2-1. Two of these series have been held in Australia. The last time Australia defeated India in a Test series was 10 years ago in the 2014/15 season.
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