IND vs AUS: IND AUS Nagpur Test – After being humiliated at home, Australia are not leaving any stones unturned to avenge their Gabba loss in India. The Border Gavaskar Trophy starts on Thursday. But Australia have already begun a coordinated assault on Team India’s psyche. From India only offers bad pitches to India weakened in absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant, comments have been aplenty. While this isn’t the first time, Australia are aiming to unsettle India to conquer Final Frontier. However, Ravichandran Ashwin, who has played equal mind games with Aussies isn’t bothered a bit. Follow India vs Australia LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Even though it seems it’s Rohit Sharma’s XI vs an entire country named Australia, Ashwin has taken a slight dig. On his YouTube channel, he said Australians love playing mind games.
“We might have given them a green track, but nobody plans all these things. However, Australia are known for its mind games and sledges before a series. They love doing that. It’s their style of cricket,” Ashwin said.
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Australia launch attack on India: Who said what?
Ian Healy (Unfair Pitches): I think if they produce fair Indian wickets, that are good batting wickets that probably spin and spin pretty consistently but spin a long way late in the match we win.
Ian Chappell (Australia are confident after Pakistan win): Australia are portraying confidence after displaying strong form on their own pitches. Their confidence is further boosted by a serious injury to Rishabh Pant, which means the wicketkeeper-batter’s gregarious personality will be sorely missed.
Greg Chappell (India vulnerable): Australia are portraying confidence after displaying strong form on their own pitches. Their confidence is further boosted by a serious injury to Rishabh Pant. It means the wicketkeeper-batter’s gregarious personality will be sorely missed.
Steve Smith: The last time we went I’m pretty sure we got served up a green-top to practice on and it was sort of irrelevant. We’re better off having our own nets and getting spinners in and bowling as much as they can. We’ll wait and see when we hit the ground. I think we’ve made the right decision to not play a tour match.
Geoff Lawson, Sydney Morning Herald: Why India’s turning pitches could play right into the hands of Australia’s quicks – Even though Indian spinners have dominated in home conditions, former Australian cricketer Geoff Lawson said in his column that the turning tracks will help Aussies. He also accused India of delaying Usman Khawaja’s visa intentionally.
Australia’s mind games not new – However, Australia’s tactics are now old. During their tour of 2001, Steve Waugh & Co besides Australian media launched a scathing attack on India captain Sourav Ganguly. Even former Australia captain Ian Chappell made a mention of Ganguly’s alleged love affair in his column.
Virat Kohli – But it happened on almost every Australia tour. Virat Kohli was one who was targeted by the Australian media during the 2018 tour. However, like Ganguly, Kohli played fire with fire.
Ajinkya Rahane – After India’s 36 all out in Adelaide, Australia media once again played mind games with Ajinkya Rahane. With Virat Kohli departing for India for his daughter’s birth, Australia wrote off India. But India came out as the winner.
This time, in the last instalment of the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australian Media are back to their age-old strategies. However, as Ashwin has reminded Australians, it is only making Team India stronger.
“Anyway, an Australian broadcaster and former player Ian Healy has given a few gems before the BGT. So he has said that Australia’s approach is only correct. The support staff might have given their opinion, but Ian Healy’s quote has set a spark with this take. It’s the Border-Gavaskar Trophy guys. So we need this spark, right? (The) banters will keep coming from the Australian camp for sure,” Ashwin said.
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