'Doesn't Feel As Secure': Aussie Legend Points Out The Biggest Problem With Australian Test Team

India Tour of Australia 2024: Australian summer is grually heating up and so is anticipation around Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India vs Australia in many ways can be considered as clash of heavyweights and a mouth-watering Test series is on cards. India boast a dominant record over Aussies in Tests as y haven't let Kangaroos get ir hands on coveted BGT silverware. India travel to Australia in November this year.

Matw Hayden Identifies Australia's Biggest Problem

Australian team is extremely hungry to win Border-Gavaskar Trophy as said by ir top spinner Nathan Lyon. Going by Australian standards, it might be absolutely unacceptable for m to lose four consecutive series against Indian team. Australia always expect to win a Test series on ir home soil in a dominating fashion, but India haven't let that happen on ir previous two visits.

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biggest problem with Australian Test team is ir opening combination. Southpaw David Warner announced his retirement from international cricket after Australia were knocked out of Super 8 stage of ICC Men's T20 World Cup in June this year. This leaves Aussies in a precarious position as y have to identify somebody who can take up role of an opener and deliver. Former Australia player Matw Hayden gave an extremely honest take on it.

'For first time, it doesn't feel as secure. David Warner gave a great service to Australian cricket. He was extremely competitive, wonderfully dynamic. He really took that legacy that I'd created through 2000s. His strike rates in excess of 80 (70.19) gave great momentum to top order which, orwise, is quite conservative. So I think he's an enormous loss in terms of how do you replace m', said Haydos.

Ricky Ponting Confident About Australia Defeating India

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With verbal volleys being played by former cricketers of both nations, Ponting went ahe and predicted final score line of BGT 2024. former Aussie skipper went ahe and said that Australia will defeat India 3-1 and he also said that five-match Test series will scales in favour of Aussies.