Sourav Ganguly, former skipper of India has dismissed concerns over Indian team’s preparedness for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. India’s decade-old dominance of the coveted series, which boasted of achieving the feat of winning twice in Australia, has already added plenty of excitement ahead of the five-match Test series starting on Friday. This expectation has only risen after India was whitewashed 3-0 by New Zealand on home turf and then suffered some injury setbacks before the first Test in Perth.

India Full Prepared For Australia Tests

Ganguly feels that India will not be affected by the effect of the loss to New Zealand when playing against Australia in the Test series. The 52-year-old, who captained India in 49 Tests between 2000 and 2005, feels that though the defeat may not have any psychological impact, India should focus on returning to playing on quality pitches back home.

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“Undercooked is a term used when you haven’t played any Test cricket at all. They have just played five Tests in last seven weeks so how does the question even arise?” Ganguly is quoted as saying by PTI.

New Zealand Defeat Will Not Affect India

“I can understand that the defeat against New Zealand was unexpected but you have to understand we played on some extremely difficult tracks. In Australia, the tracks will be good for batting,” Ganguly said.

“We should stop this habit of playing on rank turners. The batsmen lose confidence on such tracks and we have a team which can win Test matches on good tracks.

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“Also on turners, you need to learn to grind before you can attack. There are two types of tracks where you can’t just hit through the line and get out of trouble. One is a seaming track and other being a rank turner,” he said.