Former Australia spinner Steve O'Keefe feels that the Kangaroos should field three frontline spinners for the subcontinent Tests in 2022. The 36-year-old believes that Mitchell Swepson and Ashton Agar are ready to support Australia's premier spinner, Nathan Lyon when it comes to the Asian challenge.

Waqar Younis has stated that India's series win in Australia had much to do with the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner, even though he conceded that India had a very good side. Younis has further added that he still doesn't know why Pakistan have failed to win a single series in Australia.

After a terrible series against Pakistan, Steve Smith has been replaced by Virat Kohli as the No.1 Test batsman in ICC Test rankings while Rohit Sharma has also been dropped out of top-10. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are the other two Indian batsmen in the top-10 of the ICC rankings.

Skipper Azhar Ali has named top-order batsman Babar Azam and wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan as Pakistan’s biggest positives from their 0-2 series loss to Australia. Although he believes they picked their best side, Azhar called for extra preparation for the bowling unit to succeed Down Under.