Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, Team India created history by winning the Test series on Australia's land in 2018-19. But during that time Australia's explosive batsman Steve Smith-David Warner was not in the team. But now when the Indian team will go to Australia later this year in the presence of Smith-Warner. On this, Rahul Dravid believes that this tour will be challenging for India.
All the fans are eagerly waiting for the India-Australia Test series to be held at the end of the year. Virat Sena created history by winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner. But now the Australian star has returned. On which Rahul Dravid believes that in the presence of these two, this series will be challenging for India. Rahul Dravid said during a live chat on Facebook, "Lack of Smith and Warner was a big thing for Australia because they have a great influence on the team. These two are the 2 top batsmen of Australia and they score the most runs for the team. We have seen what effect a player like Smith had in the Ashes, even Warner was not in form, but he took the series forward. With the presence of these two, this tour for India will be very challenging this time."
Australia team is stronger than before. There is no doubt in this matter. But there is more than one match-winner in the Indian cricket team. Along with Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, now Rohit Sharma, along with Mayank Agarwal are playing the opening responsibility. Rohit scored a brilliant run when he opened the home ground in the Test. Now there will be a lot of expectations from him on the tour of Australia as well. Dravid further said on the strength of the Indian camp- "This tour for India will be very challenging this time due to the presence of Smith-Warner. But I would say that India has the strength to compete and they also have top-level players. So this series should be good, everyone is eager to see this encounter."
Due to Coronavirus, cricket programs have been stuck for a long time. But in the meantime, Cricket Australia has released the full schedule for India's tour of Australia. According to this schedule, India will begin the Border-Gavaskar series with Australia from December 3. See the schedule here: -
From 3 December: first test match
From 11 December: Second Test match
From 26 December: Third Test match
From 3 January: fourth test match
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