After Team India’s 295-run win in the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Perth, former India player Sunil Gavaskar has said that the side plays at its best when pushed to the corner by the Australian media. Team India were under immense pressure after the embarrassing 0-3 home Test series defeat to New Zealand recently as well.

Following the first Test, Gavaskar told India Today (as quoted by nine.com.au): “Now remember that Suryakumar Yadav catch in T20 World Cup final. There was so many things being written in the media in Australia question the legality of that catch. How can you sitting right here in Australia question if Suryakumar’s feet touched the ground? That is why our team showed that we are a side [that] will thrash you in this series.”

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“Remember India’s win at Perth in 2007-08 series came right after that controversy between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds, which was followed by criticism from Australian media. So that win in Perth, and the win this time, it shows that each time Australian media goes against India…,” he again shared.

The Perth win was India’s third win in the last four Tests against Australia Down Under, marking their remarkable 2-1 win after trailing 0-1 in
2020-21 as well.