Nagpur’s wicket is very rough, spinners will dominate here – Australia’s Steven Smith commented on the door of the first Test against India. Although Hazlewood has been sidelined due to injury, the vice-captain of the Australian Test team has complete confidence in Lance-Boland. Smith said, “One end of the pitch is very dry. Here the spin will suffer a lot. Left-arm spinners in particular will benefit. I don’t think the wicket will bounce.

There will be skiddies for seamers. And sometimes the ball will be low, sometimes it will come high. The cracks seem quite large.’Smith-Cummins fight hard in India. But not yet fit-informed all-rounder Cameron Greene. A bigger blow has come from the dismissal of one of the team’s bowlers, Josh Hazlewood. However, the team has full confidence in Lance Morris and Scott Boland. Smith said about them, “Hazlewood is a great bowler. His absence is a great loss for us. But there’s Lance and Scotty.

Besides, we have many spin options. Ravichandran Ashwin-Ravindra Jadeja is formidable in India’s conditions. The onus is on Steven Smith’s shoulders against them. In the last tour of India in 2017, Smith scored a maximum of 499 runs in 3 matches. Aji Vice Captain is waiting for something like this time. He wants to give something good. “I’m in good shape,” Smith said. The training has been excellent. I hope I can do something like 2017. Border-Gavaskar Trophy heats up in Nagpur. How much analysis before the test series of two heavyweight teams? XI, the form of cricketers, war of words – giving extra dimension to 4 match series. But the wicket is at the top of the discussion before the first match. When non-Asian teams come on tour, teams from the subcontinent usually produce extra spinning wickets. India has set the same trap for Australia. The pitch of Vidarbha Cricket Ground in Nagpur is frightening Ajid.