It has been a decade that Australia may put their palms across the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), which incorporates consecutive collection defeats on residence soil. However veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon believes Australia will reclaim the trophy in a ruthless trend within the coming Aussie summer time.
The BGT can be contested over 5 Assessments for the primary time, and on the road may be a spot within the World Take a look at Championship remaining.At the moment India are high of the WTC leaderboard and Australia are No. 2.
However the ache of not having gained the trophy since 2014 has been felt within the feedback of many Australian cricketers because the build-up to the large face-off continues.
“It’s been 10 years since now we have gained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. I began eager about this collection when England have been over in India…I really like the sport and I’ll watch an honest Take a look at match, however I’ve had eyes on this collection (BGT) for a very long time now,” mentioned Lyon, speaking to Alyssa Healy on the ‘Willow Speak’ podcast.
“My prediction is 5-0 to Australia,” mentioned the 36-year-old, who’s Australia’s most profitable off-spinner in Assessments with 530 wickets in 129 matches.
Lyon has been making notes concerning the Indian batsmen since England’s tour of India earlier this yr.
“I had a extremely good chat with Tom Hartley (England spinner), nearly the way in which he went about it, when (Yashasvi) Jaiswal went after him. That’s one thing I picked up from him,” mentioned Lyon. “Will Sarfaraz (Khan) come over right here or will it’s (KL) Rahul? They have a facet filled with superstars.”
The off-spinner mentioned Australia will want huge lots of from their high batsmen to place the Indian tempo assault, which can be led by Jasprit Bumrah, below strain.
“We want huge runs. We want the blokes who’re proficient sufficient to get the hundred. The likes of Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head, all the highest order. I don’t need 101 or 107, I need 180 and 200,” Lyon added.
The BGT can be contested over 5 Assessments for the primary time, and on the road may be a spot within the World Take a look at Championship remaining.At the moment India are high of the WTC leaderboard and Australia are No. 2.
However the ache of not having gained the trophy since 2014 has been felt within the feedback of many Australian cricketers because the build-up to the large face-off continues.
“It’s been 10 years since now we have gained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. I began eager about this collection when England have been over in India…I really like the sport and I’ll watch an honest Take a look at match, however I’ve had eyes on this collection (BGT) for a very long time now,” mentioned Lyon, speaking to Alyssa Healy on the ‘Willow Speak’ podcast.
“My prediction is 5-0 to Australia,” mentioned the 36-year-old, who’s Australia’s most profitable off-spinner in Assessments with 530 wickets in 129 matches.
Lyon has been making notes concerning the Indian batsmen since England’s tour of India earlier this yr.
“I had a extremely good chat with Tom Hartley (England spinner), nearly the way in which he went about it, when (Yashasvi) Jaiswal went after him. That’s one thing I picked up from him,” mentioned Lyon. “Will Sarfaraz (Khan) come over right here or will it’s (KL) Rahul? They have a facet filled with superstars.”
The off-spinner mentioned Australia will want huge lots of from their high batsmen to place the Indian tempo assault, which can be led by Jasprit Bumrah, below strain.
“We want huge runs. We want the blokes who’re proficient sufficient to get the hundred. The likes of Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head, all the highest order. I don’t need 101 or 107, I need 180 and 200,” Lyon added.
