Which team will win the series in India?

[Gob]

Wonder what would happen to that Afghanistan test

 

[Chrish]

Was going by this:

Australia Cricket Team Future Tour Programs (FTP) Schedule

 

[anil1405]

Was going by this:

Australia Cricket Team Future Tour Programs (FTP) Schedule

It has been pushed back because it clashes with the T20 WC

 

[Victor Ian]

Hopefully Australia does a boot camp before India on similar pitches, like they did last time. Somewhere where all the players get used to Indian style pitches. They also need to ensure they reschedule that Afghanistan test to be before the India series. If they don't, and head there fresh from Australian decks, they are ****ed.

 

[Burgey]

Where are they meant to play Afghanistan?

 

[Victor Ian]

Where are they meant to play Afghanistan?

I think it was going to be played in India, which is one reason why Australia has to do everything they can to reschedule it, so theyeget an extra warmup game in the right conditions.

 

[honestbharani]

Dunno if that deal is still there though, with the Taliban taking over.

 

[CricAddict]

Yeah the Afghanistan test is not yet confirmed. I highly doubt it will happen this year. Will be great if it does. Will be a better battle than we think.

 

[CricAddict]

If the Aussie team can beat the India team with an attack of Bumrah-Shami/Umesh/Siraj-Ash-Jaddu-Axar at home , then this Aussie team will be truly special and ATG in making, now that they ve beaten Pakistan as well at home and most probably will beat Srilanka as well.

But to my mind, they have very little chance to do it. Without Purane and with Iyer, the batting is also looking better now.

 

[honestbharani]

They may lose to Sri Lanka tbf.

 

[CricAddict]

They may lose to Sri Lanka tbf.

They might, yes. But they will start as favorites.

 

[Chrish]

I truly love current era. Batting has been mediocre but bowling of majority of teams is top notch. First three ranked sides are very close in terms of quality with others also not lagging too behind. This results in competitive series rather than previous two era where one major team dominated the rest.

I prefer current state of cricket more so than any other from past.

 

[Calm_profit]

They may lose to Sri Lanka tbf.

Nope,Srilanka was good until they lost Herath but Jayawickrama can be danger.

 

[Gob]

They may lose to Sri Lanka tbf.

Sri Lanka lost 2 zip to England at home though. England

yeah they might beat Australia. Interesting to also notice that both tests are at Galle

 

[Gob]

If the Aussie team can beat the India team with an attack of Bumrah-Shami/Umesh/Siraj-Ash-Jaddu-Axar at home , then this Aussie team will be truly special and ATG in making, now that they ve beaten Pakistan as well at home and most probably will beat Srilanka as well.

But to my mind, they have very little chance to do it. Without Purane and with Iyer, the batting is also looking better now.

There is a reasonably good chance of Australia coming in to the Border Gavaskar series with five straight series wins. Build up could be pretty amazing. I do get a bit of 04 vibe.

 

[OverratedSanity]

If the Aussie team can beat the India team with an attack of Bumrah-Shami/Umesh/Siraj-Ash-Jaddu-Axar at home , then this Aussie team will be truly special and ATG in making, now that they ve beaten Pakistan as well at home and most probably will beat Srilanka as well.

But to my mind, they have very little chance to do it. Without Purane and with Iyer, the batting is also looking better now.

India's batting is still dodgy enough that an Australian win is a realistic possibility . It was incredible they almost won in 2017 when they looked outmatched on paper. I'll be surprised if this isn't at the very least incredibly competitive. Let's not forget even England pushed India quite hard last year, before Pant went mad a 2-2 draw looked very possible. This India team is significantly weaker than it was in 2017.

 

[CricAddict]

India's batting is still dodgy enough that an Australian win is a realistic possibility . It was incredible they almost won in 2017 when they looked outmatched on paper. I'll be surprised if this isn't at the very least incredibly competitive. Let's not forget even England pushed India quite hard last year, before Pant went mad a 2-2 draw looked very possible. This India team is significantly weaker than it was in 2017.

Yeah agreed that the batting is still dodgy though better than before. Kohli has to get back to form else it will be a free wicket donated to Cummins every innings.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Yeah agreed that the batting is still dodgy though better than before. Kohli has to get back to form else it will be a free wicket donated to Cummins every innings.

Not having Mayank open should help too. Hopefully KL is still in good/decent form for tests when that series comes around - don't want to be 25/2 every other innings.

Kohli will be a huge factor one way or another.

Having said that, we should be able to seriously constrict their batting - Pakistan were a bit wayward at times, and the pitches were also conducive to huge scores.

 

[CricAddict]

Not having Mayank open should help too. Hopefully KL is still in good/decent form for tests when that series comes around - don't want to be 25/2 every other innings.

Kohli will be a huge factor one way or another.

Having said that, we should be able to seriously constrict their batting - Pakistan were a bit wayward at times, and the pitches were also conducive to huge scores.

Yeah KL will be back. Rahul-Rohit is a solid combo at the top at home. Really depends on how our 3-4 of Vihari-Kohli do. Having high confidence on the rest 9 players who all pick themselves.

 

[honestbharani]

India's batting is still dodgy enough that an Australian win is a realistic possibility . It was incredible they almost won in 2017 when they looked outmatched on paper. I'll be surprised if this isn't at the very least incredibly competitive. Let's not forget even England pushed India quite hard last year, before Pant went mad a 2-2 draw looked very possible. This India team is significantly weaker than it was in 2017.

Our bowling is actually better than in 2017 though.