For the first time since the 1991–92 season, the highly anticipated series between Australia and India, which is scheduled to start in November, was extended by one match this year.
Pace ace from Australia Mitchell Starc feels his team would be “right on par” with the prestigious Ashes series when the forthcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India turns into a five-Test match for the first time in more than thirty years. The highly anticipated series between Australia and India, which is scheduled to start in November, was postponed this year for the first time since the 1991–92 campaign. “After five games, it’s probably comparable to an Ashes series,” Starc stated to Wide World of Sports.
Australia hasn’t been able to win the Border Gavsakar Trophy since 2014–15. India has won four straight series, including their historic victories in 2018–19 and 2020–21.
In addition to hoping to reverse this pattern, Starc also has high hopes for a perfect sweep, especially as the series is an important component of the World Test Championship.
“We always want to win every game at home and we know India are a very strong team,” he stated.
Australia is currently in second place in the World Test Championships standings, behind India at the top.”There will be an extremely interesting series for both the players and the spectators coming up as we are now ranked as the top two teams on the Test ladder.
“Hopefully when we’re sitting there on the 8th of January we have that trophy back on our shores.” The 34-year-old has no intention of giving up red-ball cricket even though he is just 11 games away from surpassing the historic 100 Tests mark.
The left-armer stated that in an effort to extend his Test career as long as possible, he is reducing his white-ball commitments.”It feels really wonderful each and every time I get to wear the loose green cap. We’ll hopefully be able to sing that song five times this summer, with five victories, after which we’ll go on.
“If it does come to a point where I’m lucky enough to get past that 100 number then it’s obviously going to be pretty special as well,” he stated.
Next month, Starc will take a plane to England for a white-ball series. After that, the left-armer plans to play for New South Wales in domestic cricket before competing for the Border Gavaskar Trophy.”The Tests will always be taking precedence for me,” stated the actor.
“We’ve got seven Tests on the bounce with five against India and then two in Sri Lanka, so they sit top of the tree with what’s coming up.” Along with Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, Starc will be in charge of the pace in all three forms.
“Pat is resting for this UK tour… we love playing all three formats but that could look different at different times over 12 months.” “There is no end date for our bowling careers. That will be a continuing process. We’ll assess where (our) bodies are and whether we want to keep playing, but at this point, it’s all guns blazing for five Tests against India.”
