Ahead of the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy, former England captain Michael Vaughan has made a stunning prediction. While India would be pinning their hopes on the big guns – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – Vaughan reckons the two cricketers will not be making a massive impact in Australia. 

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‘I fear they won’t’

“The one thing that India are going to require to win here in Australia is Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli getting big runs and getting back to their best. I hope they do, I fear they won’t,” he said to Fox.

“I fear that they might just be over the edge and when you face an Australian attack that is up there with the greatest that has ever played the game in their own backyard, you’ve got to arrive here with solid technique and you’ve got to arrive with amazing mentality,” Vaughan added.

Claiming that India need to come up with all-round performances, Vaughan recalled how India won at Gabba without Kohli. 

“I mean last series they won, they had no Virat Kohli to chase down that target at the Gabba. Australia hadn’t lost a Test match at the Gabba in 32 years.”

“But I will say there’s a real concern around Kohli. That full toss that he missed to Mitchell Santner, that’s not Virat Kohli. You’re looking at a player that’s just fighting (for form) at the minute,” he concluded.

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Team India’s Recent Show

The Rohit Sharma -led Indian side were recently whitewashed by New Zealand at home. NZ beat India 3-0. So, India know that there work is cut out if they have to make it to the third consecutive WTC final. India, who are currently at No. 2 in the WTC table, need to beat Australia 4-0 in the five-match Test series to make the WTC final. The first Test would be played in Perth starting November 22.