Josh Hazlewood spoke highly about the Indian pace battery while looking forward to the Indian Test tour to Australia in the latest episode of the Star Sports show Cricket Connected.
On being asked about the boxes the Indian fast bowlers had ticked as a collective unit in the 2018-19 Test series against Australia, Josh Hazlewood pointed out to their effective use of the new ball as the most important aspect.
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Josh Hazlewood credited Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and the likes for invariably making early breakthroughs with the new ball, which always put the Australian batting under enormous pressure.
Josh Hazlewood’s views on the upcoming India-Australia series
Josh Hazlewood was further asked about how much of a difference will the return of David Warner and Steve Smith make to the side. He responded that it would be a major boost for Australia as the duo were their premier batsmen in the last few years.
Josh Hazlewood signed off by stating that the Aussie bowlers were looking forward to setting the record straight in the upcoming series while admitting that they were out-bowled by the Indians in the last series.
India had won the 2018-19 series 2-1 against Australia, the first time an Asian team had won a Test series in Australia. While Cheteshwar Pujara had starred with the bat, the Indian pace bowlers had outshone the Aussie quicks.
The Indian pace bowling quartet of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav had accounted for 50 Australian wickets between them. Bumrah had finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker in the series, along with Nathan Lyon, with 21 scalps to his credit.
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