The Australian team reached India on February 1 itself and since then has been preparing for the series by setting up a practice camp at Alur near Bangalore.
between India and Australia test series It cannot happen without the reactions of former cricketers and sports experts. The result of the Test series may come out after the third or fourth match, but even before the start of the series, the former cricketers of both the countries are keeping their views. Telling the lack or strength of the teams. Where all the focus is on the pitches, there is also a discussion on why Australia has not played a warm-up match before the series. Former Team India batsman Suresh Raina is also very surprised by this and believes that it can affect the result.
The Australian team, which reached India on February 1, headed straight to Bangalore, but instead of playing any kind of practice match there, the Australian team started preparations by setting up a practice camp in Alur itself. The Australian camp believes that the practice matches on the previous tours did not work and hence they decided to adapt themselves to the conditions this time.
‘You will understand the pitch only after playing’
Suresh Raina, however, does not seem to agree with this. The former star batsman of Team India feels that the Australian team will miss it. Raina told news agency PTI on the sidelines of an event on Saturday, February 4, I have played practice matches before the Test and they are really important. They can understand Indian pitches only by playing on them.
Now how much it will be beneficial or harmful for Australia, it will be known only from February 9 when the first match of the series will start at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. Australia has not won a Test series in India since 2004. Far from winning the series, Australia has won only one Test match in the last 19 years. In such a situation, the team of Pat Cummins will only hope that the decision to play the practice match proves to be correct.
Happy to have Jadeja back
As far as Team India is concerned, Raina is confident that India will do well in this series and the return of Ravindra Jadeja will bring good balance in the team. He said, I am happy to have Jadeja back after a long time. Our spinners R Ashwin, Akshar Patel are doing well. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are in good form and I think we will see a good series.