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“I’ll be surprised if they win a single match” – Twitter reacts after Mahela Jayawardene backs Australia to win the BGT by 2-1 against India

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The Border Gavaskar Trophy series between India and Australia is just a few days away from getting underway. The first of the four-match Test series will begin on February 9, Thursday at VCA Stadium in Nagpur.

Meanwhile, the players of both teams have been constantly hitting the nets to get geared up for the intriguing series, which promises to have plenty of exciting, thrilling and intriguing things in store for the fans.

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Australia are on top of the ICC World Test Championship points table whereas Team India are second on the table. The fact that the Aussies lost just one game in the second cycle goes to show their unreal dominance.

It remains to be seen which team will come out on top in the upcoming Test series. Aussies have long been criticized for their inability to produce a spark in the Test series in India.

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Mahela Jayawardene backs Australia to win the Test series against India

Meanwhile, former Sri Lankan cricketer, Mahela Jayawardene has backed Australia to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy series by 2-1 against Team India. The last time when Australia won the Test series against India in India was in 2004.

However, after that, it has been a hostile atmosphere for the Aussies to get a proper result in India. On the other hand, Team India have well and truly dominated the Aussies in Test cricket for a long time now.

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During Australia’s tour of India in 2017, Australia lost the Test series by 2-1. In the subsequent year, India travelled all the way to Australia and scripted history by beating Australia in their own den, as India won their first-ever Test series against Australia in Australia.

During India’s tour of Australia in 2020-21, India went on to win yet another Test series against Australia in Australia, thus scripting a second consecutive Test series win on Australian soil.

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