Former Indian player Sunil Gavaskar backed Team India to make it a hat-trick of Test series wins in Australia during the upcoming
Border Gavaskar Trophy as well. However, India and Australia will play five Tests down under, starting in Perth on November 22. While Australia beat India in their most recent Test meeting at the World Test Championship (WTC) final, India have won the previous four bilateral Test series against Australia as well.

In his column for the Mid Day, Sunil Gavaskar said: “It’s going to be an exciting series for sure with the talent that is there on both sides and it will also show why Test match cricket is the ultimate format of our beloved game. Oh, and my prediction is a 3-1 win for India. With their opening batting problems exacerbated after the retirement of David Warner and the middle-order also a bit dodgy, the Aussies are ripe for the taking once again.”

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However, Australia has struggled with its test opening combination since the retirement of veteran opener David Warner earlier this year. Star batter Steve Smith tried as an opener alongside Usman Khawaja but he didn’t do well, averaging under 28 in eight innings as an opener. And, Sunil Gavaskar cautioned India against a slow start in an overseas Test series by highlighting the importance of the first Test as well.

“India being usual slow starters in an overseas series in SENA countries the first Test will be crucial. That they aren’t playing proper first-class games before that as well as in the week-long gaps between some Test matches could work against them. That said, it is how schedules are nowadays for most touring sides,” concluded Sunil Gavaskar.