With still roughly a month to go, former Australia opener Matthew Hayden gave a prediction on the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. As per Hayden, Australia will win the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but then he also cautioned the hosts of not taking India lightly. India will boast of having won the last two Test series on Australian soil. So, the question would be – can they make it a hattrick of wins in Australia? 

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‘Australia is going to win’

“I say Australia is going to win but I’ll also say this: Watch Team India go!” said Hayden in a Start Sports video.

Hayden also went on to point out that Australia will not enjoy the home advantage because of the drop-in pitches that are set to be used.

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‘Less home advantage’

“I feel like there’s less home advantage given the nature of the drop-in wickets than what had been previously there,” said Hayden. “There are three drop-in venues — Perth, Adelaide, and the MCG (Melbourne).”

“So you’ve got your two home venues in Brisbane and Sydney; those just happen to be the third and fifth Test match , which is a very different combination to any series that’s been played there,” Hayden added.

“I feel like at the moment there is probably not that much home advantage in the Australian summer anymore due to the wicket conditions,” he concluded. 

India will play a five-match Test series in Australia and every game would be important for both sides as it will be part of the ongoing World Test Championship cycle where these two teams are one and two.