India vs Australia | BBL has given us confidence ahead of India tour, says Alex Carey
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Alex Carey has stated that the Australian players have got a lot of confidence for the Indian tour from the recently-concluded Big Bash League. The Australian vice-captain has also mentioned that they would be looking forward to play some fearless cricket against the Indians in the series.
Australia will start its India tour with the T20I series starting tomorrow in Vizag while the second and last game of the T20 seriesĀ has been scheduled to be played in Bengaluru on February 27. The AustraliansĀ would look forward to
Meanwhile, the vice-captain of the Kangaroos has underlined the fact that the experience of playing in the Big Bash LeagueĀ would serveĀ as a confidence booster for many in the upcoming T20 series.Ā
"The guys have had their Big Bash campaign just finished and they're in T20 mode so we'll hit the two T20s and then get stuck into the five one-dayers," said Carey as reported by India Today.Ā
"The confidence is up for all the players and we're really excited now to get playing, get stuck into the Indians."
The Indians had won the ODI series during their last tour to Australia earlier this year while the T20I series ended in a 1-1 draw. The vice-captainĀ has been of the opinion that the matches against IndiaĀ would be the important ones in the shortest format as well considering the upcoming ICC World T20 next year.Ā
"I think the guys coming off the Big Bash have played a lot of T20 cricket and I think we'll treat these as some pretty big games of T20 cricket leading into the World Cup next year in Australia. Any opportunity we get to play T20 it's T20 mode, which hopefully will start off our tour really well.
"(It's) some exciting cricket, go out there and play fearless and have some freedom and get stuck
