UPCOMING SERIES DOWN UNDER INDIA REAL ‘TEST' FOR TEAM INDIA

They must defeat a powerful Aussie side in Australia. After all, every team that was considered the best of its era beat India in India, one of the most challenging propositions in world cricket...

- RENIN WILBEN

Cricket Australia recently confirmed the team’s schedule for the home series against India. Apart from the limited-overs matches, India and Australia will feature in four Tests. The four matches will include the historic Day-Night Test at Adelaide, the first-ever pink ball encounter between the two strong nations. While India did get the better of the Aussies the last time these two teams met in a Test series in Australia in 2018-19, it will be extremely important for them to clinch the Test series Down Under this time to prove a point.

2018 WIN GOOD, BUT NOT EXCEPTIONAL

Post India’s maiden Test series win in Australia, head coach Ravi Shastri boasted that the victory was better than the 1983 World Cup victory. Shastri was brutally trolled for his comments, and rightly so. India’s World Cup triumph at Lord’s came against the mighty West Indies, against all odds. They went into the tournament as underdogs, and no one expected India to progress too far in the event. However, Kapil’s Devils created history in real sense.