Heading into the four-match Test series vs India in India, Marnus Labuschagne will undoubtedly be one of the key Australian players. The matches will definitely be played on turn-friendly pitches, and this makes Ravichandran Ashwin the deadliest bowler in the world.
chess game
Labuschagne, however, can’t wait to engage in a “lovely game of chess” with Ashwin during the Test tour of India next month after making the necessary changes in his game to counter the ace spinner. The Australian batsman was dismissed twice by Ashwin even as he emerged as the leading run-scorer in the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia with 426 runs at an average of 53.25.
I have made some changes in my game because of what I have heard about Ashwin and the way he bowls to me. Have a lovely game of chess and I can’t wait for it.
the work put in
“The preparation starts very early,” said Labushen, who is playing for the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League (BBL) 2022-23.
“People think, it’s the Big Bash right now so you start thinking – but the thinking goes much further. You start processing everything in your head, you go through every scenario which bowler you’re going to face. coming. I’ve already thought about it. My plans, so now it’s just about executing. Figuring out, ‘That works, that doesn’t work. How that part of my game fits in. Maybe?’, and just piece the puzzle together,” he said.
Australia will have a short training camp in Sydney in late January. He is about to come to India just seven days before the Nagpur Test.
The four-Test series also matters as it will decide table-toppers Australia’s opponents in the World Test Championship final in June, before they take on England. Ashes,
“I can’t wait, very excited for the next 10 Tests,” Labushen said. “We have played well, people know we are very good at home, very difficult to beat… But we have a challenge in front of us in two consecutive series, it is going to be awesome. I am looking forward to the challenge against spin. Might be in India and can’t wait for the Baseball vs Ronball challenge.”
The series will begin on February 9 in Nagpur and end on March 13 in Ahmedabad.