Former wicket-keeper batter, Adam Gilchrist has come in support of Pat Cummins-led Australia side to win their first Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India after a gap of 19 years, as the 2023 edition will be commencing on February 9 in Nagpur. Notably, Gilchrist is the last Australian skipper to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India as the former Australian skipper led that Aussie team to a Test series victory in India in 2004 in the absence of regular skipper Ricky Ponting.

Australia has traveled to India five times in the past 19 years, but they have only been successful in one Test match there, in 2017. Australia, on the other hand, enter the first Test as the no.1 Test team in the ICC ranking after losing just one game since Cummins took over as red-ball captain in November 2021.

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During a recent chat with AAP, Adam Gilchrist “There’s not going to be anything easy and it’s not going to be a walk in the park, but it is their best chance and I expect them to do well. The balance of their squad and how experienced the team is now is important.”

Adam Gilchrist noted similarities between the current team and the 2004 squad in terms of recent Asian experience. Australia won a tense 1-0 series against Pakistan in March and manage to draw the series in Sri Lanka in two Tests in Galle in July. India will be without their X-factor wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, who suffered serious injuries in a car accident in December and injured pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

Former wicket-keeper batter is confident that Australia can surpass what Steve Waugh frequently referred to as the “final frontier” and emulate the “golden generation” team.

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Adam Gilchrist elaborated, “They’ve had several tours to subcontinental countries to gain and learn from and that was what held us up in 2004. We were very well planned and prepared due to the experiences we had, both positive and negative, previously in the subcontinent. This group of players has built up that bank of knowledge and the skills that they have, so they have a very good chance of winning.”