Theroar.com.au : Better to look beyond as Aussies will be thrashed on India tour

From Theroar.com.au:

"Australia is going to get hammered in India. On their last tour, in 2013, the Aussies suffered a historic whitewash, losing 4-0. There is every likelihood that the upcoming four-Test series, which starts late next month, will end with a similar scoreline. Australia’s ill-fated 2013 tour marked the start of a 19-match unbroken streak, where India has not lost a Test at home, and registered only three draws. Currently, India has an embarrassment of riches at Test level."

"When Australia lobs on their shores they will be brimming with confidence – and rightly so. For that reason Australia needs to be realistic about their chances and not necessarily look at this series but the years beyond. Following Australia’s most recent subcontinental debacle – the 3-0 loss in Sri Lanka in August – Pat Howard spoke about a change in thought process at the selection table."

"Ever since Shaun Marsh was recalled to the side for the third Test against Sri Lanka – when both Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns were dropped, and peeled off 130 and 23 – it was felt that he was definitely one of those ‘horses for courses’ players who would be first picked for the Indian tour. He launched his Test career in Sri Lanka in 2011 with scores of 141 and 81 in his first two matches. However, having been injured during the opening Test of the summer against South Africa at Perth, he has not reappeared in first-class ranks. He returned to the BBL with the Scorchers on December 27, but with little success, making scores of 8, 7, 4 and 32. Yet he is still seen by many as a strong chance to usurp Matt Renshaw at the top of the order."

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