IND vs AUS: "Probably A 2-1 Win For Australia" - Mahela Jayawardene Predicts The Winner Of The Border Gavaskar Trophy

India will host a four-match Test series against Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023. Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene admitted that this series would be an interesting Test series between the two teams and that Australia had a chance to beat India in the upcoming series in the subcontinent.

Australia, the No. 1 ranked Test team, have dominated the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle and are in first place in the points table. The Australians last won a Test series in India in 2004, when they won the four-match series 2-1. They won the first Test series in Pune during their last tour of India in 2017, but lost the series 2-1.

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It’s Difficult To Predict – Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene mentioned that Australia have a strong bowling lineup and predicted an exciting matchup between the Australian bowlers and the Indian batters. He believes a win for Australia will improve Sri Lanka’s chances of reaching the WTC final.

“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.”

“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,” Jayawardene said in the latest edition of The ICC Review.

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He Does Give Them Good Starts At A Good Tempo – Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene said that Shubman Gill will be a great asset for India if he repeats his white-ball cricket success in the longer format.

“He’s 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.”

“He is in great form at the moment and if he converts that into red-ball cricket and have that tempo, maturity, and 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.”

India will take on Australia in the first Test of the four-match series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday, February 9. The second test will be held in Delhi (February 17-21), the third in Dharamsala (March 1-5), and the fourth in Ahmedabad (March 9-13).

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