The’mental combat’ has already begun even though Sachin Tendulkar and co. were due to tour Australia later in the year.
There have been unending speculations as to who will emerge as the winner of the much anticipated five-match Test series, and ex-international cricketers such as Ravi Shastri, Ricky Ponting, and Geoff Lawson, among others, did not fail to proffer their opinions. India have won series 2-1 in Aussies home ground from their prior two tours; now team India will be looking to make it three on a trot.
Australia—the current world Test champions, though—would be keen to get their hands on the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which they have failed to win in the last almost a decade.
In fact, more and more predictions will keep emanating from Down Under, but as per legendary Sunil Gavaskar, there is no befitting reply to Australian mind games from Indians, and as per him, barring Ravi Shastri, there is no one tough enough to respond decoy.
These five Test matches that India is going to play before the Australians tour at home will serve the purpose of mental preparation that demands for a tour like that, Gavaskar commented in his column for the midday.
The mental tussle has already started, and several present and past Australian players have come forward with their opinions on how the match would turn out to be.”
“Though English are not as vocal as to make Glenn McGrath-like statements of 5-0, they are asserting that Australia is going to win; sadly, save for Ravi Shastri, no other former or current player has seemed to counter the Australia mind games which the Aussies are famous for,” he said.
Here, Gavaskar has good advice for compensating the absent counterpunches from the Indian
