Former England captain Michael Vaughan has expressed surprise as Team India refused to play a proper warm-up game ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia as well. Vaughan added that the venue at the WACA was the perfect venue to get used to the pace and bounce of the Optus Stadium as well.

Speaking to Fox Cricket, he said, “I can’t get my head around a team like India only wanting to play an intra-squad game leading into a series against Australia in their own backyard,” he said. “I just can’t see how you get yourself in that competitive mindset of consequence by playing an intra-squad game. I’m surprised that this Indian side didn’t want at least one game of cricket, and the WACA’s the perfect venue because it’s a similar pitch to Optus (Stadium), so you get used to the bounce.”

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In the same discussion, Michael Vaughan also added that modern-day players have a different mindset compared to his generation as well. He further added that it will be interesting to see how both teams play against each other.

“These players have a different kind of mindset to what we had, whereas we probably needed more games,” he said. “They’re playing 12 months of the year and get straight into it, but it’ll be intriguing to see how both sets of players settle on that first day when they’re playing the longer form. They think they get enough cricket throughout the year and they can react and just adapt.”