With the much anticipated border-Gavaskar Trophy all set to begin in Nagpur on Thursday, former Australian pace master Mitchell Johnson has a few tips for the visitors on how they can put pressure on the Indian team.
The famous Australian cricket player Mitchel Johnson has shared keen and professional advice with the Australian players to ace the strategy on their battlefield. After recording a famous double over Australia’s Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in the limited-overs format, Team India will resume their campaign in the ICC World Test Championship with the high-profile Test series against the greens. India is said to meet with Australia in the test series opener of the iconic Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur on Thursday.
Being an experienced cricketer, Mr. Johnson has put forward his experiences and views to win the trophy. He has also explained with zeal and zest how pressure is put on the hosts of the Nagpur Test by the visitors. He also opined that if Baggy greens can combat to win and bat first a couple of times in the upcoming test series, former Australian pacer Johnson feels the visitors can put Rohit Sharma-led Team India under the pump by registering decent 1st innings totals.
Mitchel Johnson stays strong in the belief, batting first will give Australians best chance of beating India. Mr. Johnson named Nathan Lyon as Australia’s only notable spin bowler on the Indian tour. Expect a pitch that is very flat early and without any grass in Nagpur opines Mitchel Johnson. Back in 2008, India defeated Australia by 172 runs in Nagpur. Johnson, along with Brett Lee, led by the Australian pace attack at the same time. In the Nagpur Test, the former Australian speedster only took one wicket. However, his former teammate Jason Krezja emerged as the standout bowler, taking 12 wickets. With the much-anticipated border-Gavaskar Trophy all set to begin in Nagpur on Thursday, former Australian pace master Mitchell Johnson has a few tips for the visitors on how they can put pressure on the Indian team.
If the Aussies can bat first a couple of times early in the series, at venues which are expected to take a fair bit of spin and get good first- innings total on the board that will put a bit of pressure back onto India, “Johnson wrote in his column for The West Australian. Australia last came to India in 2017. They lost the series 2-1 despite thrashing India in the first Test in Pune. That was a formidable Australian side that visited back then.
In conclusion, it is clearly evident that Australia hasn’t beaten India in a test series since 2015. India has been dominating the Border-Gavaskar trophy winning in both home and away for the last 8 years.