Matthew Hayden made a bold prediction, said – 'This team will win the Border Gavaskar Trophy by 3-1'
Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has made a bold prediction regarding the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy and claimed that the Australian team will win the Border Gavaskar Trophy by defeating India 3-1 in this series. The much-awaited series between the two teams will begin in Perth next week, with both the teams battling for a place in the final of the World Test Championship to be held in London next year.
Over the past few days, many predictions have been made by former cricketers and cricket pundits. While some consider India better than Australia, others have predicted a big series win for the hosts. As the series is getting closer day by day. Anyway, many experts are making their own predictions.
In this series, Hayden has also supported Australia to win the series 3-1 and achieve BGT for the first time since 2014/15. “I think Australia is going to win 3-1. The bowling and captaincy form of Smith, Virat Kohli, Pat Cummins and the form of Jasprit Bumrah will define the outcome of the series,” Hayden said on the club Prairie Fire podcast.
At the same time, the biggest void that Australia is trying to fill is the void left by David Warner. After Warner's retirement, Steve Smith was used as an opener but he did not prove to be effective, which is why Australia itself is stuck in the dilemma of opening before the series against India. McSweeney, who usually plays at number three, could open with Khawaja in Perth.
Sam Konestas, Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft were the options available as openers for Australia, but the selectors decided to give his Test debut to young Nathan McSweeney along with Usman Khawaja. Speaking about this, Hayden said, “David Warner was a player who was very difficult to replace. It is very difficult to replace him. I really hope that Nathan will do well.”
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