Morkel hints at handing Test debut to Reddy in Perth; hopeful for Gill
Morkel said the team management have also got their eyes on seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami.
Morkel said the team management have also got their eyes on seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami.
Shastri believes India must target a fast start to the series in Perth to keep their World Test Championship hopes alive.
“Their last two series wins out here they had Ravi Shastri who was fantastic,” Paine said.
He said that the visitors will find taking 20 wickets in a Test as the “biggest challenge” in the absence of Mohammed Shami.
Australia have suffered a major blow ahead of their crucial Test series against India, with news that star all-rounder Cameron Green will undergo surgery on his injured back and be sidelined for up to six months.
Smith has been a rock in Australia’s middle-order for more than a decade, but was moved up to an unfamiliar role at the top alongside Usman Khawaja.
“It’s thrown it right on par with an Ashes series being (expanded to) five Tests. The Border-Gavaskar doesn’t have that length of history (as the Ashes) but I think the level of competitiveness between both trophies is on par.
More than batting position, Smith relishes prospect of playing India in five-Test series
ICC Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting has made an early prediction on who holds the upper hand in the forthcoming series between Australia and India and discussed the challenges that each side would seek to overcome in coming months.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Australian PM graced the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad to celebrate '75 years of friendship' between both countries.
