Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has predicted a series win for the hosts in the 2022-23 Border-Gavaskar Trophy considering the quality of spinners in their side and Australia missing two quick bowlers due to injury. The first Test match starts today in Nagpur.

“We will be playing on turners where it would be difficult for the Australian batsmen to handle our spinners. The Jamtha [Nagpur] and Kotla [Delhi] wickets will have some bounce. I expect our bowlers to cash in on this. With no Hardik [Pandya], I expect India to go in with three spinners and two pacers. Apart from the spinners, our seam attack is also quite handy,” said Ganguly.