India’s star batter, Virat Kohli and currently Australia’s finest Test batter, Steve Smith would be more than keen to stamp their authority in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar series feels Australian great Matthew Hayden.
Hayden, who was an incredible batter in the Test format during his playing days, had the opinion that both Kohli and Smith like to dominate in their own ways and will hold the key to how the series pans out.
“Cricket is a game of momentum and I’m sure those two players, coming now to the later pages of their cricketing careers, will be very keen to dominate the landscape through the summer,” Hayden said on the sidelines of the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards on Wednesday.
“That’s their nature. They do it in very different ways, very different styles, but certainly they really are the key to the Australian summer,” Hayden added.
India and Australia will play a 5-match Test series for the first time since 1991-92 with the first Test set to take place on November 22 at Perth. Hayden believes that it is quite hard to determine as to which side has the edge going into the series.
“You look at the lineups, and it’s hard to really tell who has the edge. I sense that it’s going to be runs that are going to be the point of difference. Guys that are sure bets have retired, like Pujara was a sure bet in Australian conditions,” Hayden said.
