Australia faced embarrassing defeats in the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. They lost the first match by an innings and 123 runs in Nagpur and the second by 6 wickets in New Delhi. Both these Test matches ended well inside three days.
Following these defeats, former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh brutally roasted the Pat Cummins-led side calling it a “duplicate” Australian team.
“Australia practiced against Ravichandran Ashwin’s duplicate, but I feel the Australian team itself is a duplicate one. Their mindset is such that they are only focusing on negative things. They created so much confusion that they lost the game even before the first ball was bowled. It doesn’t seem like they have done any preparation for this tour. Looking at their performance, I think the only thing they practiced was getting out, Harbhajan said on Sports Tak.
He further took a dig at the Aussies saying that had it been a 10-match series, Australia would have still lost all 10 games.
“I have absolutely no doubt that India will win 4-0. Even if it was a 10-match series, India would beat Australia 10-0 because this Australian team doesn’t have any firepower. If there is something on the pitch, they throw their wickets from the dressing room itself,” Harbhajan elaborated.
The third Test will begin from March 1 onwards in Indore’s Holkar Stadium.