2017 Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 5 reasons why Australia should be wary of India

#1 A well-oiled and ruthless machine sets sight on history

Team depth is one of the major reasons behind India’s imperious run

Under Kohli’s captaincy, India are on an irrepressible run of 19 unbeaten Tests and 6 successive series victories. If they are undefeated in the 4-match series, they will go past the streak of the all-conquering 2005 to 2008 Australian team.

Another slice of history is up for grabs. If they win the series and consequently reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India will hold all nine Test series trophies at the same time. They had won their previous series against Sri Lanka (2-1 in 2015), South Africa (3-0 in 2015), West Indies (2-0 in 2016), New Zealand (3-0 in 2016), England (4-0 in 2016) and Bangladesh (1-0 in 2017). They had registered 1-0 and 2-0 victories in their previous series against Pakistan (2007) and Zimbabwe (2005) respectively.

With the series presenting a huge opportunity to etch their names in the record books, a well-oiled and ruthless Indian team have set their sights on the visiting Australians. A lip-smacking contest awaits us in a few days time.