‘Fantastic’ India vs Australia series will be remembered for long, says Simon Katich

FORMER AUSSIE BATSMAN Simon Katich has showered praise on the Indian team for producing a remarkable fightback and winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

The four-match series saw a lot of controversies and arguments happening between the two sides. However, Katich believes that despite all the altercations, the series will be remembered for its ‘fantastic’ cricket.

“India deserve a lot of credit for fighting back after they were handsomely beaten in Pune. They dug deep and showed why they are number one team in the world. Regardless of what happened at different times, I thought it was a fantastic series. Sometimes that happens in Test cricket, emotions take over and players do get carried away with the spirit of the moment stuff. It was a fantastic series that will be remembered for a long time.”

The 41-year-old also praised the Aussies for giving India a tough fight in their own backyard.

“For a young side, Australia played some fantastic cricket and put up a tough fight but fell on the final hurdle unfortunately. They deserve a lot of credit for showing fight in this series.”

Katich, who is the assistant coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders, is excited about working with India’s in-form bowlers Umesh Yadav and Kuldeep Yadav during the IPL.

“They both have big roles to play no doubt about that. Umesh is bowling a lot quicker at the moment, bowled beautifully with new ball in Tests. He will be crucial in our campaign. Kuldeep is an exciting young prospect. He got three wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad last year. Given the depth in our squad, we have got a number of options and it would be tough to pick the team with so many guys doing well.”

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