India will visit Australia for a five-match Test series this year. The host hasn’t beaten India in a Test series since the 2014/15 series, where they won 2-0. India has won the last two away series against Australia (2020/21 and 2018/19) and has also shown strong performance at home where they won the series in 2017 and 2023.
Meanwhile, the former Indian legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar has predicted the scoreline for both teams in the upcoming series. According to him, India will win the series by a margin of 3-1.
According to Mid Day, Gavaskar said, “It’s going to be an exciting series for sure with the talent on both sides and it will also show why Test match cricket is the ultimate format of our beloved game. Oh, and my prediction is a 3-1 win for India.”
“With their opening batting problems exacerbated after the retirement of David Warner and the middle-order also a bit dodgy, the Aussies are ripe for the taking once again,” said Gavaskar.
Gavaskar also pointed out that not playing enough first-class games before the series could make India start slowly again.
“India being usual slow starters in an overseas series in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries the first Test will be crucial. That they aren’t playing proper first-class games before that as well as in the week-long gaps between some Test matches could work against them,” Gavaskar concluded.
