Australia batting great Matthew Hayden backed veteran spinner Nathan Lyon's move to put indirect pressure on India's young destructive opener Yashasvi Jaiswal ahead of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 which is scheduled to take place in Australia later this year. India vs Australia's five-match Test series is scheduled to start from November 22. Team India will play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh and a three-match Test series against New Zealand.
Team India will be confident because they won the last two Border-Gavaskar Trophies which India and Australia hosted each.
"Isn't it great that the series is shaping up the bare-heavyweight bout, someone like the GOAT (Lyon) going after (Jaiswal), what is in my opinion one of the key assets for Indian cricket. Yes he's certainly proving to be that," Hayden said on Ceat Cricket Rating Awards.
"Young Jaiswal is an exciting prospect to see how he'll play. He is a package. His ability in particular to get on the up through the covers is phenomenal. That'll also have its vulnerabilities. I'm looking forward to seeing how he adjusts on bouncy tracks” said former Australian legend.
Yashasvi Jaiswal impressed everyone with his performance in the Indian Premier League where he represented Rajasthan Royals and citing his performance in the cash-rich league he made his international debut in 2023 against West Indies.
“We did notice in the IPL that he's a very hard hitter of the ball, pull shots in particular, but that'll be challenged by three world-class speedsters, assuming they're all fit and on much bigger grounds. It has to almost be the perfect contact for that ball to sail over (for a) six so you can get caught easily, three-quarters of the way in the fence. They (all) have little adjustments that world-class players like Jazzy (Jaiswal) will make for sure," he said.
Jaiswal has played nine Test matches for India where he scored 1028 runs in 16 innings with a highest score of 214 not out. He last featured in the Test series against England hosted by India. He will now most likely to feature in the Test series against Bangladesh.
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