The Indian cricket team will aim for glory in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. India and Australia are two of the greatest cricketing nations, and India’s recent whitewash against a 3-game Test series against New Zealand adds a lot more anticipation for the 5-match Test series, which will start on November 22, 2024, in Perth.

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Captain Rohit Sharma linking up with the Indian team in the second Test at Adelaide could be a “potential disruption” for the visitors, reckoned the legendary Ricky Ponting, who Thursday stood by his prediction of a 3-1 series victory for Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

The marquee five-match Test series starts on Friday. Rohit is on a paternity break and will miss the series-opener. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is captaining the Indian team in his absence.

 The second Test, which is a day-nighter, will start on December 6.

Ponting, the highest-ever run-getter for Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, believes the tourists are otherwise well-settled going into the series despite their recent home series defeat to New Zealand.

Going back to the 2020-21 series between the two teams, Ponting recalled how his 2-1 prediction in favour of Australia backfired after he discussed it with Sunil Gavaskar in the aftermath of India’s 36 all out in Adelaide, their lowest-ever Test total.

India, though, made a remarkable comeback to win in Melbourne and Brisbane to claim an unprecedented second successive Test series victory in Australia, one of the hardest countries to tour.

Ponting hoped his prediction would prove to be correct this time around.

Speaking about preparation, Ponting believed that the mental side of the game needed to be looked into, especially for a significant series like the one against India.

(PTI Inputs)