Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh reckons Australia's batting approach was one the major reasons behind their back to back failures at the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy so far. In a big statement, Harbhajan said that Australia have come under-prepared to play in Indian conditions and the only thing that they have practiced is different ways of getting out on these surfaces.
While speaking to Sports Tak, the veteran of 103 Tests said that while the Aussies practiced against a duplicate Ravichandran Ashwin, the way they have played gives the impression they are themselves a duplicate Australian side.
"Australia practiced against Ravichandran Ashwin's duplicate, but I feel the Australian team itself is a duplicate one. Their mindset is such that they are only focusing on negative things. They created so much confusion that they lost the game even before the first ball was bowled," he stated.
"It doesn't seem like they have done any preparation for this tour. Looking at their performance, I think the only thing they practiced was getting out," he added.
In yet another big statement made by the Turbanator, Harbhajan went on to say that if this was a 10-match series, the Kangaroos will still lose 0-10. He was pretty confident of the hosts going on to win the series 4-0 and complete a cleansweep.
"I have absolutely no doubt that India will win 4-0. Even if it was a 10-match series, India would beat Australia 10-0 because this Australian team doesn't have any firepower. If there is something on the pitch, they throw their wickets from the dressing room itself," the 42-year-old said.
While India won the series opener of the 4-match series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur by an innings and 132 runs, they went on to beat Australia by 6 wickets in the second Test match in Delhi. Both the tests finished inside 3 days.
The next Test match of the series will be played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore starting from March 01.