Ricky Ponting Fires Verbal Volleys At India, Predicts Horrific Result For Rohit Sharma's Men In BGT

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25: India suffered a horrific 3-0 series loss against New Zealand in the recently concluded IND vs NZ three-match Test series. This was India's first home Test series loss in 12 years. This series loss has dented India's hopes of playing the World Test Championship (WTC) Final. India's fortunes changed quickly after their stellar Test series victory against Bangladesh which was played just before the New Zealand series.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli , the senior most members of the Indian team have been called out due to their lacklustre batting and dismal form. None of Rohit or Virat could score a total of 100 runs in the series and this is a huge reason to worry for India. The doors on India's World Test Championship Final (WTC) has virtually been closed, but they still have an outside chance. India have a Herculean task ahead of them, to beat Australia 4-0, in Australia.

Ricky Ponting Predicts India's Border-Gavaskar Trophy Future

Australia last won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2014 and after that, they have always been on the losing side. A decade has gone by and the Aussies are now extremely anxious to win back the BGT crown. Virat Kohli once said that no Australian team in Australia is weak and this holds true. Former Australia captain and the current head coach of IPL franchise Punjab Kings , Ricky Ponting has predicted a horrific outcome for Team India as far as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is concerned.

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'I think India will win a Test match somewhere through the five Test matches. But I still think now, Australia probably look a bit more settled, a bit more experienced and we know that they're a very hard team to beat at home. So I'll stick with the 3-1', said Ponting while speaking on the ICC Review.

India Look To Defend Border-Gavaskar Trophy Crown

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India have been the defending champions of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for more than a decade now. Rohit Sharma and his men might be in troubled waters now, but they have all the ammunition in their arsenal and they can end up outsmarting Australia in the BGT if they do enough justice to their skillsets.