Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene has made a daring prediction for the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and hosts India.
For the previous eight years, India have dominated the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, successful each at dwelling and away. Australia’s final toured India in 2017. Despite defeating the dwelling crew in the first Test, the vacationers misplaced the four-match collection 2-1. In truth, the Aussies have received a Test collection in India solely twice, in 1969 and 2004.
Australia and India are presently occupying the high two spots in the ICC Test Rankings. They additionally lead the race to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC), scheduled in June.
During an interview with sports activities presenter Sanjana Ganesan, former Sri Lanka skipper Jayawardene revealed his favorite crew for the upcoming Test collection.
“I think it’s always going to be a great series. I think Indian conditions and how the Australian batsmen tackle that, they do have a really good bowling unit and how do the Indian batsmen tackle that… it depends on how each team starts the series and who’s got that momentum. But it will be fascinating,” stated Jayawardene.
“It’s difficult to predict, but being a Sri Lankan, I’m hoping that Australia can go all the way. Probably a 2-1 win for Australia, but it’s going to be a tough one,” he added.
The 45-year-old additionally heaped praises on India teenager Shubman Gill – who has scored tons of runs in white-ball cricket since his debut – and defined how he might play an enormous position in the collection versus Australia.
“He [Gill] has been very good, he’s technically very sound and he’s a good player of pace. That’ll keep him in good stead against that Australian attack, but it’s always going to be tough and it will be a very good series.”
Sharing his ideas on Gill’s latest kind, Jayawardene stated: “He is in great form at the moment and if he converts that into red-ball cricket and have that tempo, maturity, understanding of the situations and conditions, he’d be a great asset at the top of the line-up for India. He does give them those good starts at a good tempo to put opposition bowling attacks under pressure.”