Steve Smith, whose Australian team came agonizingly close to winning a Test series in India in 2017, feels that conquering the Indian fortress is an achievement worth striving for and hopes to have one more crack at it. Smith also expressed his displeasure in Australia ‘drawing’ the Ashes in 2019.

Cheteshwar Pujara has stated that Virat Kohli would enquire about a lot of things related to the game situation when he comes out to bat and he would try to formulate his own approach accordingly. The Indian No.3 has also added that oppositions’ focus on Kohli helps him relax a bit at the other end.

Matthew Wade believes that Neil Wagner is one of his kind and even though India try to employ the same strategy against Australia this summer, it won’t be as effective. Wade, who had a tough time against Jofra Archer in the last Ashes, feels the Englishman is nowhere as good as Wagner.

Australia’s Josh Hazlewood, on Thursday, picked his combined India-Australia Test XI and had interesting choices to make, including not picking a wicket-keeper and omitting the likes of Mitchell Starc and Ravindra Jadeja. Hazlewood’s team, unsurprisingly, featured both Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.