Veteran Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has said that the Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will be important in the outcome of matches in the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. However, India and Australia will play a five-match Test series for the first time since 1991-92 beginning on November 22 as well.

In recent times, both Ashwin and Jadeja have made headlines for India in Test cricket with their stunning all-round performances. Speaking about the star Indian duo, Maxwell applauded their bowling prowess and mentioned how important they’re for team India’s success as well.

“I think that over a long period of time, having played against guys like Ashwin and Jadeja, those two seem to have always been the ones we’ve faced consistently, and the battles we’ve had with them have often dictated the outcome of the game,” Glenn Maxwell told Star Sports.

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Meanwhile, R Ashwin and Jadeja are in sublime form having played a major role in India’s victory in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai as well. Ashwin also scored an all-important 113 and picked a five-wicket haul while Jadeja scored 86 and scalped five wickets across two innings as well.

“If we play well against those two (Ashwin, Jadeja), we’ll generally find ourselves in a better position compared to when they’ve had a field day and run through us. Those two guys have been there for most of my career, being of a similar age,” he further added.

“And probably, more recently, Jasprit Bumrah. I was there in his first year of the IPL in 2013 at Mumbai and pretty much faced him every day in the nets. To see him evolve from a young, untapped talent to what he is now—the probably best bowler across all three formats—is a pretty amazing story,” he concluded.