Celebrating his 53rd birthday on October 29, former Australia batsman Matthew Hayden has predicted a victory for the hosts within the coming Border Gavaskar Trophy (BG) Down Below, however not and not using a powerful struggle from the visiting Indian crew led by Rohit Sharma.
India, who registered sequence wins on their final two Check excursions of Australia, will defend the BGT over a sequence of 5 Exams starting with the primary match in Perth from November 24.
“I say Australia goes to win however I will additionally say this: Watch Workforce India go!” stated Hayden in a Begin Sports activities video.
The previous opening batsman believes that Australia not take pleasure in a house benefit due to the drop-in pitches utilized by Cricket Australia over the previous few years.
Of the 5 venues the place this version of the BGT shall be performed, three could have drop-in pitches.
“I really feel like there’s much less residence benefit given the character of the drop-in wickets than what had been beforehand there,” stated Hayden. “There are three drop-in venues — Perth, Adelaide, and the MCG (Melbourne).”
Adelaide will host the day-night second Check from December 6, whereas MCG shall be residence for the fourth Check, starting on Boxing Day (December 26). The fifth Check in Sydney will begin on January 3, 2025.
“So you have acquired your two residence venues in Brisbane and Sydney; these simply occur to be the third and fifth Check match, which is a really totally different mixture to any sequence that is been performed there,” Hayden added.
“I really feel like in the meanwhile there may be in all probability not that a lot residence benefit within the Australian summer time anymore because of the wicket situations.”
Earlier than the beginning of the sequence, India will interact in a three-day warm-up match in opposition to India A that shall be touring Australia on the similar time.
