He can\u2019t really figure it out yet but Ian Chappell believes India would be \u201cmissing\u201d something in the Test series against Australia and will end up on the losing side despite things looking good for them on paper.<\/p>\n
The Test rivalry, which has risen in stature and intensity over the years, will be renewed with the latest assignment starting in Adelaide on December 6.Australia would be without top batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner who were banned in the aftermath of the ball-tampering scandal that rocked the team earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am going to pick Australia, but don\u2019t ask me why I am picking them. I think the only reasonable reason I can give is that I was disappointed the way India played in England and I thought they should have won that series,\u201d Chappell told ESPNCricinfo.<\/p>\n
\u201cCertainly, on talent, they should beat this Australian side, but there might just be something missing. The other thing is the Australian attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a very good one. It is proven under Australian conditions and the Indian attack is not proven under Australian conditions. So it is pretty flimsy evidence but I am going to pick Australia,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201c…I\u2019m particularly looking forward to the competition between Australia\u2019s pace bowlers and Virat Kohli. That should be a great contest. Last time he was here, Kohli played really well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Another positive for India, according to Chappell, is their pace bowlers, who did quite well in England.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey got the ball to move around. I\u2019m not sure they will get the same kind of assistance in Australian conditions, so I\u2019m interested to see how they bowl, and I think those two things could tell a big story in the series,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Asked about India coach Ravi Shastri\u2019s recent assertions of this being the best travelling Indian team in the last 15 years, Chappell said there are reasons to agree with it to an extent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it is one of the better teams to come from India, and certainly, as far as the fast bowlers are concerned, they are better suited to Australian conditions than any other pace-bowling attack I have seen come from India.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut while things look good on paper for India, that has got to be translated into form on the field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On Australia, Chappell said the hosts would be surprising quite a few if they manage to put 350-plus totals on the board consistently.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you have to be a supreme optimist to think about Australia getting 350-400 runs regularly in the Test series. If they can get 350 occasionally, it will surprise a lot of people, me being one of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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