BCCI had to postpone the IPL 2020 when the first wave of COVID-19 hit the country and the tournament was later on hosted in the UAE. After the conclusion of the 13th edition of the IPL. After the end of the IPL, Indian players flew to Australia for a full-fledged tour. After losing the ODI series 2-1, Team India scripted a comeback in the T20I series by winning it 2-1. The Indian team etched its name in the Test in the history books.
India suffered several injury setbacks during the course of the Test series and even Virat Kohli left the team after taking his paternity leave, but that did not shatter the confidence of the Indian players, as they fought hard and scripted a historic Test series win. Former cricketers, Mark Waugh and Brendon Julian hosted an interaction show, in which they asked both Michael Vaughan and Justin Langer to comment on the fiercely fought Test series between the two cricketing superpowers.
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Vaughan hilariously joked and said, “There is no shame in losing to India’s 3rd XI.” Replying to Vaughan’s cheeky dig, Langer said that Team India will be strong as they make the XI as the country boats the population of one and a half billion who madly love the game of cricket.
Langer replied, “I know we all joke. Vaughany (Michael Vaughan) jokes about Team India’s second and third XI. But the truth is, in a country of one and a half billion people, who love cricket, if you make the first XI, you are going to have a pretty tough team. There will be pretty good players, and when the opportunity comes, you have got to be ready to grab them. We saw that exceptional young talent, they were fierce. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of the ledger.”
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Justin Langer was appointed as the head coach of Australia after the infamous ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. However, in his tenure, Australia has lost two back-to-back Border-Gavaskar trophies on their home soil.
