Michael Vaughan Predicts the Result of Upcoming Series between Australia and India
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India are all set to take on Australia in a four-match Test series and former England captain Michael Vaughan has predicted the result as well. He said that India could suffer a whitewash in the upcoming Test series if they failed to win the first Test, which will be a day-night on in Adelaide, starting from December 17.
"India will have to see off that trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazelwood and Pat Cummins, they have to nullify that the Kookaburra new ball. If not, Australia will prove to be too strong and powerful. The pink ball Test is the key to the series. If Australia, as they generally do in the Adelaide day-night Test, they have never been beaten with the pink ball. If Australia win that Test match and then India lose Virat Kohli for the next three, this could be 4-0 for Australia," Cricbuzz quoted Michael Vaughan as saying.
However, Vaughan further added this Australian team is stronger than the one that lost to India in 2018-19. That team didn’t have the service of David Warner and Steve Smith as they both were banned at that time due to their involvement in the ball-tampering scandal.
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"India two years ago were too strong for Australia in Australian conditions. They were terrific. The bowling attack of (Jasprit) Bumrah, (Mohammed) Shami, Ishant (Sharma) and (Ravichandran) Ashwin, the Wall (Cheteshwar) Pujara, he was the rock in the Indian batting lineup. They were just too good for the Aussies,” he shared.
"The main reason I believe they were too good was that there was no Smith, no Warner, no Labuschagne. The Australians are now a better Test match team. They held on to the Ashes in England. Tim Paine is improving as a Test-match captain," he concluded.
