Two Test series in a year is overkill – Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar believes India and Australia are risking overkill by scheduling too many series with not enough time in between. Australia won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at home in January and nine months on, the prize will be up for grabs again in a four-Test series in India.
In the build-up to the series players from both sides have said the challenging contest matches or even outdoes the traditional rivalries of India v Pakistan and Australia v England. However, Gavaskar felt there should have been a longer gap between the tours. Read more
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