Watch- Indian players release a statement from Australia before Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Team India has started preparing for the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 where they will play five Tests against Australia. The team reached Australia in two batches, on November 10 and 11

Apart from the skipper Rohit Sharma, the whole team and the coaching staff have started their work in Perth. Rohit is currently in Mumbai, waiting for the birth of his child. If he misses the first Test, Jasprit Bumrah will take over the role of captain.

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Watch: India trains hard for Border-Gavaskar Trophy

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"One of the toughest challenges" - Abhishek Nayar

The BCCI recently released a video of the training session in which the coaching staff was seen working hard with the players. Assistant coaches Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate along with the bowling coach Morne Morkel revealed the plans before the series.

Abhishek Nayar called the tour one of the toughest challenges for a visiting cricketer. He spoke about the head coach Gautam Gambhir and the senior cricketers in the team talking about the importance of this tour and how it makes an individual a better cricketer.

"It's one of the toughest challenges for an Indian cricketer coming here and overcoming it. Gauti bhai (Gautam Gambhir) had a chat with the boys," Nayar said.

"Just before we started, some of the senior boys, Bums (Jasprit Bumrah), Virat (Kohli), Ash, (Ravichandran Ashwin) all having a chat with the guys how they came here as youngsters with a lot of seniors around and how they felt that once you finish an Australia series, you go back a better cricketer," he added.

"I think a lot of young boys are really keen, raring to go and make a name for themselves by the end of this tour," Nayar showed confidence in his boys.

Ryan ten Doeschate & Morne Morkel on BGT 2024-25

Ryan ten Doeschate feels that it's a proud moment for the national cricket to come to Australia and do well. The visitors have won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the last four occasions and on the last two occasions it has been played in Australia.

"It has become a big part of Indian cricket to come here and do well. It's obviously a very proud moment that India have won twice here as well as winning in India," Ten Doeschate said.

Bowling coach Morne Morkel called the series a "showpiece" in the international calendar. He called for hard sessions in training and claimed that the five-match Test series will be tough.

"It's a showpiece on the international calendar. It's the teams that's not going to give anybody an inch of sniff and it's going to be hard-fought sessions. I am hopeful that the next five Test matches are hard," Morkel said.

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 will begin on November 22 at Optus Stadium, Perth. The next four Tests of the series will be played in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. The second Test of the series will be a day-night Test while Melbourne will host the Boxing Day Test.