Not Steve Smith Or Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch Picks This Star As Australia's Key Player vs India

Former Australian skipper Aaron Finch said that Alex Carey and Rishabh Pant, two left-handed wicketkeeper-batters will be extremely important for their respective sides during the highly-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India. The first Test of the highly-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played at Perth's Optus Stadium from November 22 onwards. The series is extremely crucial for both sides' ICC World Test Championship final chances.  While the Aussies will be aiming to get a good start in their bid to prevent a hat-trick of series losses to India at home, the visitors would also be charged up after a humiliating whitewash series loss to New Zealand at home in the three-match Test series, their first Test series loss in home conditions in 12 years.

This series will be a battle between two in-form wicketkeepers, Carey and Pant. Carey has been on a tear across all formats since last few matches. In his last 10 matches across all formats, Carey has scored 733 runs in 12 innings at an average of 73.3, with two centuries and four half-centuries, with the best score of 123*.

In all of first-class cricket this year, including Tests for Australia, Carey has scored 836 runs in 16 innings at an average of 59.71, with a strike rate of 74.31. He has scored two centuries and four fifties. His best score is 123*.

On the other hand, Pant is also doing really well in Tests. After making his comeback to Test cricket following a life-threatening road accident back in 2022-end, Pant displayed sensational form during five-match home Test season against Bangladesh and New Zealand, scoring 422 runs in 10 innings at an average of 46.88, with a strike rate of over 86. He has scored a century and three fifties in five