5 Reasons For Australia's Humiliating Defeats Against India

Before the series, a video showed Australian batters in the nets being bowled by a young spinner whose action was similar to Ravichandran Ashwin. Everyone in the cricketing circuit thought...

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The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is one of the most awaited contests in Test cricket. The build-up of the series was intense, but the Australian team failed to assert their dominance against India. The world's no. 1 Test team is now down by 2-0 in the 4-match test series. Steve Smith said that a series win in India would be greater than winning the Ashes, as Australia has won only a single Test series in 19 years. The Indian team wrapped both games on the 3rd day and emphatically retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy. The hosts need one more win over the Kangaroos to seal their spot in the final of the World Test Championship. The Australians dominated in their last 2 Test series against West Indies and South Africa at home and were looking forward to extending their winning campaign against India, but failed to do so. Let's look at the reasons why Australia faced humiliating losses against India.

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