On one hand, the Indian team has faced a clean sweep in the three-match Test series against New Zealand at home, on the other hand, they are now leaving for a long tour of Australia. Team India, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, has to play a five-match Border-Gavaskar series from November 22 on the upcoming Australia tour. In such a situation, after the defeat in the Test series at home, this series is not going to be easy for the Indian team at all because the confidence of many players must have been shaken at this time, such a situation, going to Australia and performing better is going to be the biggest challenge. Meanwhile, a statement by the Australian team’s fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has come out in which he has described Team India’s defeat against New Zealand as good news for his team.
The confidence of Indian players will decrease a bit.
Josh Hazlewood, in his statement to Sydney Morning Herald, said about the Indian team’s defeat against New Zealand that after this clean sweep, the confidence of the Indian players must have taken a blow. There are many players in the Indian team coming to Australia who have played here before, while there are some new names who will play for the first time. In such a situation, they will be in a state of confusion about all things, but nothing much can be guessed about it right now. Indeed, this result is very good for us, but you cannot take credit for the victory from the Kiwi team because they have played much better according to the conditions there.
This series is equal to the Ashes.
Regarding the Border-Gavaskar Test series, Josh Hazlewood said that whenever we play against India, the importance of that series increases a lot. For us, this series is exactly like the Ashes because there will be a huge crowd of fans in the stadium and I think the TV ratings will also go up a lot and it is also being heard that this could be the biggest Test series ever.