NEW DELHI: Former Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has fired a warning to Indian batters saying they lack the firepower needed to handle Australia’s pace attack in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy beginning from November 22 in Perth.
On the LiSTNR Sport podcast, Haddin conversed with Aaron Finch, where the former Australian skipper highlighted that both sides’ opening batsmen might struggle due to the formidable bowling units of India and Australia.
Haddin particularly emphasised his concerns about India’s batting capabilities and their potential vulnerability when playing at the Perth venue in the opening Test match.
“I don’t think that the Indian batters are going to stand up to our quicks. I know Jaiswal is a really good player, but he hasn’t come out and seen Australia before, so I’m not sure whether he is going to handle the bounce. Opening in Perth is hard work,” Haddin said.
Finch, however, offered a contrasting perspective to Haddin’s assessment, suggesting that the Australian batting line-up’s upper order would face similar difficulties when confronting India’s fast bowlers.
“I think the key could be Alex Carey and Rishabh Pant, the two wicketkeepers are going to be so important. At one time or the other in the series, the top order will get knocked over. Both fast-bowling attacks are so good that they will get on a roll and knock over the top order. So for me it’s that really crucial role of Alex at No. 7 and Rishabh at 6 likely. Carey is aggressive, Rishabh is aggressive. The game is going to go one or two ways really quick. And I think that will be so important,” said Finch.
