When was the last time you heard Ravi Shastri praising the opposition team? He never did even on the England and South African tours, where team India failed to bag the series despite fighting so hard.
However, surprisingly, he did it this time, as he termed the Australians the toughest nuts to crack. Meanwhile, it indeed found amusing for Gautam Gambhir, who commented on it saying it was the first-ever sensible comment by Ravi Shastri in his career. It instantly tickled the funnier bone of his co-commentators in the box as well.
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He has made a sensible statement for the first time – Gambhir
”Ravi Shastri’s only sensible comment is that he admits that Australia will be dangerous in their home conditions,” Gautam Gambhir said. He told it while giving his voice during the first T20I game between India and Australia.
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Australia got top-class players – Virat Kohli
Perhaps, the statement would have been different if Australia has they got the presence of Steven Smith and David Warner. With the champion players being out of the team, yes, the pressure on the Indians has been less than usual this time around.
Meanwhile, all the analysts are predicting team India would easily win the series against the relatively weaker-Australian side during this tour. However, the skipper and the head coach of team India denied those statements.
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Shastri stated Australia is always a dangerous side at their home, who have got some world-class players in their ranks. The Indian skipper Virat Kohli stressed the statement for quite a few times to ease things for the Indian side. All in all, it would be interesting to see how the series result would come out across the formats. Meanwhile, Australia had drawn the first blood, as they had won the first T20I by four runs at the Gabba, Brisbane.