MELBOURNE: India have steadily struggled in a foreign country but they addressed the issue by generating a group of quality speedy bowlers which makes Virat Kohli and his men "the real deal now" in world cricket, feels Australian legend Allan Border.
India on Sunday retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a complete 137-run win in the 3rd Test at the MCG, taking an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series.
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"They're the real deal now, they're the No. 1 team. They've been a great side to watch and they deserve this win," Border advised foxsports.com.au.
"They've had their struggles away from home, but they are starting to make stronger because they've had some good speedy bowling.
"Now they can combat Australia, South Africa and New Zealand – countries that produce the ones speedy, bouncy, seaming wickets. They used to combat on the ones, but they don't combat on the ones now."
Jasprit Bumrah has emerged as the most productive bowler in world cricket now with 48 wickets in his debut Test season. He is a part of a deadly pace trio involving the veteran Ishant Sharma and the wily Mohammed Shami.
The trio have jointly taken 134 away wickets (Bumrah 48, Ishant 40 and Shami 46) in one calendar year, eclipsing the 34-year-old report that stood in the name of the fearsome West Indies trio of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Joel Garner (130 wickets in away excursions in 1984).
Border heaped praise on India's pace unit, announcing: "It's as a good an Indian bowling assault as I've ever observed.
"They've had some incredible individual bowlers over the years, specifically famous for his or her spin, going again to after I first began with Bishan Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar.
"Now they've settled on an out of this world speedy bowling staff, plus they've got a pair in the wings that are lovely at hand, plus they've got a couple of good spinners and their batting may be very, excellent."
India on Sunday retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a complete 137-run win in the 3rd Test at the MCG, taking an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series.
READ ALSO: India beat Australia to take 2-1 lead in four-match series
"They're the real deal now, they're the No. 1 team. They've been a great side to watch and they deserve this win," Border advised foxsports.com.au.
"They've had their struggles away from home, but they are starting to make stronger because they've had some good speedy bowling.
"Now they can combat Australia, South Africa and New Zealand – countries that produce the ones speedy, bouncy, seaming wickets. They used to combat on the ones, but they don't combat on the ones now."
Jasprit Bumrah has emerged as the most productive bowler in world cricket now with 48 wickets in his debut Test season. He is a part of a deadly pace trio involving the veteran Ishant Sharma and the wily Mohammed Shami.
The trio have jointly taken 134 away wickets (Bumrah 48, Ishant 40 and Shami 46) in one calendar year, eclipsing the 34-year-old report that stood in the name of the fearsome West Indies trio of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Joel Garner (130 wickets in away excursions in 1984).
Border heaped praise on India's pace unit, announcing: "It's as a good an Indian bowling assault as I've ever observed.
"They've had some incredible individual bowlers over the years, specifically famous for his or her spin, going again to after I first began with Bishan Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar.
"Now they've settled on an out of this world speedy bowling staff, plus they've got a pair in the wings that are lovely at hand, plus they've got a couple of good spinners and their batting may be very, excellent."
India are real deal now, they don't struggle overseas anymore: Border
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