Legendary Australian pacer Nathan Lyon admits that it has been a long time since Australia won a Test series against India. Lyon called it “unfinished business” and he will try to turn things around this time.
The last time Australia won a Test series against India was in 2014-15 at home. Since then, both teams have met in a four-Test series, two at home and two away. India has won all these four series by an identical 2-1 margin.
It is not often that Australia loses a Test series at home but the Indian team has shown tremendous grit and determination in their last two Test tours to Australia. The upcoming Test series between these two teams promises to be another big success.
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Nathan Lyon is ‘very hungry’ to win the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Nathan Lyon has played in all four series that Australia has lost against India. In all of them, Australia has come close to beating India on all occasions but has failed to do so. As a result, Nathan Lyon is hungry to turn things around this time and win the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
“It’s been ten years of unfinished business, it’s been a long time. I know we’re very keen to change things, especially here at home,” Lyon said, according to West.co.au.
“Don’t get me wrong, India are an absolutely superstar team and extremely challenging, but I’m extremely hungry to turn things around and make sure we get that trophy back,” the 36-year-old added.
Nathan Lyon showed confidence in his team’s abilities and felt Australia is on track to become a great cricket team in the coming years.
“We feel like we’re a different team to the one we were a couple of years ago. We’re on the path to becoming a big Australian cricket team. We’re definitely not there yet, but we’re on the path and we’ve been playing some decent cricket,” Nathan Lyon said.
India’s final tour of Australia
India’s last tour to Australia in 2020-21 was particularly historic as a young and inexperienced Indian team challenged one of the strongest Australian teams in Australia. India kept losing their players throughout the series but never lost hope.
Despite injuries to the players, the youngsters stood firm and kept fighting till the end. As a result, India broke Australia’s 32-year dominance at the Gabba and took the series 2-1.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 Schedule
The Test series between Australia and India will begin on November 22 in Perth. The second Test of the series will be a day-night Test in Adelaide starting on December 6. The third Test will be played at the Gabba in Brisbane, the same ground at which India won the series the last time they toured here.
The fourth Test match of the series will be on Boxing Day and will be played at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. The fifth Test match will be the New Year Test match and will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
So far, players from both teams are in form and if that continues, it promises to be an enthralling Test series between two of the best nations playing right now. While Australia will be looking to regain the Border-Gavaskar trophy, India will be looking for a hat-trick of Test series wins in Australia.
