Australia’s bowling attack featuring Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon “can do the job” against “red hot” India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy later this year, believes former Australian pacer and current head coach of Pakistan’s Test team Jason Gillespie.

Since 2014-15, Australia have failed to lay their hands on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with India winning four consecutive series, including the historic triumphs Down Under in 2018-19 and 2020-21. However, Gillespie feels that the Australian bowlers can help in reversing the trend.

“I will be backing them in and I am sure they can do the job. They are the best bowlers in the country. Their records speak for themselves. This quartet, including Nathan Lyon, is the best possible bowling attack that Australia can put out in the park,” Gillespie said.

“They are the best bowlers in the country. Their records speak for themselves. This quartet, including Nathan Lyon, is the best possible bowling attack that Australia can put out in the park,” Gillespie added.

Though India haven’t lost a single match in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, Gillespie believes that Australia can manage to defeat the Men in Blue.

“They are red-hot, they are playing some good Test cricket for a while now. Even though they have beaten Australia in recent times. I think Australia have a chance to beat India this time around,” Gillespie said.

The former Australian pacer also believes that Steve Smith, who has recently been batting as an opener in Test matches in order to fill the void of former opener David Warner, will return to the number 4 spot on the batting order for the Border-Gavaskar series.

“Players like David Warner are pretty tough to replace. I didn’t mind the idea of Steve Smith going up in the order. I have a feeling that he might have slot back in the middle order to bat at 4,” Gillespie said.