NEW DELHI: As Australia gear up for the house Border-Gavaskar Trophy later this 12 months, all-rounder Glenn Maxwell believes that dealing with the Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shall be essential for his or her success.
The ace Indian spinners have established themselves as one of many high spin-bowling pairs.
Within the first Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh in Chennai, Ashwin and Jadeja took 13 wickets between them, main India to a dominant 280-run victory.
Their efficiency will considerably influence India’s possibilities of retaining the sequence in Australia for the third consecutive time.
“I believe that over a protracted interval, having performed in opposition to guys like Ashwin and Jadeja, these two appear to have at all times been those we have confronted persistently, and the battles we have had with them have usually dictated the end result of the sport. So if we play properly in opposition to these two, we’ll usually discover ourselves in a greater place in comparison with once they’ve had a subject day and run by us. These two guys have been there for many of my profession, being of the same age,” Maxwell mentioned on Star Sports activities.
Maxwell additionally praised Jasprit Bumrah’s rise as world’s main pacer, recalling his first encounter with him within the Mumbai Indians nets throughout IPL 2013.
“And doubtless extra lately, Jasprit Bumrah. I used to be there in his first 12 months of the IPL in 2013 at Mumbai and just about confronted him on daily basis within the nets. To see him evolve from a younger, untapped expertise to what he’s now-the most likely finest bowler throughout all three formats-is a reasonably wonderful story,” he added.
The upcoming five-match Take a look at sequence will happen in Perth, Adelaide (pink-ball match), Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney from November 22, 2024 to January 7, 2025.
India have efficiently retained the title within the final 4 consecutive BGT sequence — residence and away — together with notable sequence wins in 2018-19 and 2020-21.