WATCH | Mohammed Siraj Mocks Bowling Coach Morne Morkel In Team India Nets, Gets Praised As A Legend

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024: Team India is training hard at Western Australian Cricket Association Ground Perth ahe of 1st IND vs AUS Test match. team under Gautam Gambhir , Morne Morkel and Abhishek Nayar has been playing intra-squ warm-up games in order to get rey for series opener. This time around Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) will be played across five-Test matches and this ds a lot of spice to series.

India also have ir sights firmly set on World Test Championship (WTC) Finals that will be played next year. After a 3-0 home series drubbing against Kiwis, India's chances of playing WTC finals looks bleak and y'll have to defeat Australia atleast by 4-0 in order to make a case for mselves and to qualify for marquee finals. Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts on November 22, 2024 at Optus Stium, Perth.

Mohammed Siraj Has A Gala Time In Training

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Indian cricket team will be without ir regular skipper Rohit Sharma in first Test match and will be led by Jasprit Bumrah . Indian Team has been training hard to counter Australian conditions and to apt to m as quickly as possible. re have been a couple of injury concerns for Team India and Shubman Gill might possibly miss first Test match.

Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) shared a video of India's match simulation on ir official Instagram account where likes of Virat Kohli , KL Rahul , Jasprit Bumrah and ors can be seen playing ir hearts out. Towards end of video, Mohammed Siraj was seen mocking bowling coach Morne Morkel who hailed Siraj as a legend and praised his aggressive mindset.

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India Eye Fifth Consecutive BGT Win

Australians last won a Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2014 and since n, y've been waiting to get ir hands on coveted silverware. India on or hand have been in a dominant force in BGT and have won four consecutive series (2016, 2018, 2020 and 2023). Indian team is eyeing yet anor series win against Aussies 'Down Under' which might end up being ir fifth consecutive BGT series victory.