IND vs AUS: Look at Australia’s restlessness, they started challenging Team India 3 months ago

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|18-08-2024

Well, everyone is waiting for Team India to play again. These days the team is on a break and will return next month. The match will be against Bangladesh, which will start from September 19. That means Team India fans will have to wait a little but it is not too long. However, the most awaited match will start after three months and this is India's tour of Australia, where there will be a fierce competition for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. But as much as the fans are impatient for this series, it seems that the Australian team is more than them and the reason for this is their wait of 10 years.

That is why statements have started from Australia's side 3 months ago.

The Indian team will tour Australia in November and the first match between the two teams will be played on 22 November. Everyone waits for this series, especially Indian fans are waiting for it more because in the last two consecutive tours, Team India has created history by defeating Australia in the Test series in its home. In such a situation, Indian fans would like that this time Team India does the same feat under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and completes a hat-trick.

Australia is eager to wait for 10 years

Whether Team India will be able to achieve this hat-trick or not will also be decided by the performance of the Australian team.

Australia lost the series despite being in a position to win in the last series and this is the reason why its wait is getting longer, which is now seen to be mentally troubling its star players as well. This is the reason why their restlessness has started coming out even before the series has started. This restlessness was clearly visible in the statement of Australia's legendary off-spinner Nathan Lyon. While talking to ESPN-Cricinfo, he said that he has been waiting to defeat Team India for the last 10 years and this task is not yet complete.

He said that this wait has been too long and he is hungry to end it. Lyon's words also reflected the frustration of continuous defeats at home and he said that he and his team are more eager to change the situation on their home ground. He definitely described Team India as a great side and said that this is a superstar team, which is going to be very challenging to defeat but he is eager to change this situation and lift the trophy. Lyon said that the current Australian team is different from the 2-year-old team and is on the path to becoming a great Australian team.

Team India won 4 consecutive series

Australia has not even touched the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the last 10 years. It last won this series 2-0 in 2014-15, but after that it had to face defeat on India tour in 2017 and 2023, while it was also defeated at home in 2018-19 and 2020-21. In this way, Team India has won this trophy 4 times in a row. However, during this time, Australia definitely defeated Team India in the final of the World Test Championship last year. This time this series is going to be of 5 matches, so the excitement will be more than before.

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