Australia suffered a blow as its ace fast bowler Mitchell Starc confirmed he would miss the opening Test against India amid a finger injury.
Nagpur: The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will begin on February 9 in Nagpur. India and Australia clash in Test cricket, is being watched globally with utmost interest. The mouth-watering Border-Gavaskar Trophy is set to get underway on February 9 in Nagpur in the four-match Test series.
The second Test will be held in Delhi, while the third and fourth matches of the series are scheduled to be played in Dharamsala and Ahmedabad, respectively.
At the outset, India is the hot favourite to clinch the series. But Australia has the ability to fight till the end. In fact, beating India on its soil is a daunting task for any cricket-playing nation. But uncertainty always looms in sports. A better team wins the match and the series.
Australia suffered a blow as its ace fast bowler Mitchell Starc confirmed he would miss the opening Test amid a finger injury.
Starc had suffered an injury during the second Test against South Africa in the recently concluded series, so the speedster ruled out the third Test against the Proteas.
The 33-year-old fast bowler said: “I am on track, still a couple of weeks and then probably meet the guys in Delhi..after hopefully a first Test match win..get myself into training over there.”
Australian pacers are capable of taking wickets, but their past performance on Indian pitches is abysmal. Currently, Team India is in tremendous form. Everyone knows exactly what they have to do; one silly mistake may be the reason for the omission of a player from the side. Stiff competition for every place has raised the game of the Indian cricket team.
