Contentious back-and-forths have begun between the Indian and Australian legends with several months still left for the Border-Gavaskar series to commence. Legendary Indian batter Sunil Gavaskar has retorted to bold predictions made by figures in the Australian cricket, by predicting a third consecutive series victory for the Men in Blue Down Under.
Writing in his column for Mid-Day, Gavaskar predicted that India will be able to accomplish the historic feat of beating the Aussies in their own backyard for 3 series in succession.
“My prediction is a 3-1 win for India. With their opening batting problems exacerbated after the retirement of David Warner and the middle-order also a bit dodgy, the Aussies are ripe for the taking once again,” Gavaskar wrote for Mid-Day.
This prediction comes after legendary Australian captain Ricky Ponting predicted that it would be the Aussies who would come out victorious in the series.
India beat Australia 2-1 in both 2018/19 and 2020/21. These were India’s first series wins in Australia since the institution of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1996. In all, India has retained the trophy since 2016 with 4 consecutive series wins.
This is the first time since 1991/92 that Australia will be hosting India for a 5-match series, with this historically having been a 4-match bout between the 2 teams.
