Australia will whitewash India: Glenn McGrath

[Karan114]

Australia will whitewash India: McGrath Ben Horne Mon Jan 2 2012 Glenn McGrath says Australia are a team on the rise and he's predicting a four-nil Test series whitewash over India. Ahead of the second Test starting at the SCG on Tuesday, McGrath is also tipping that Sachin Tendulkar will remain stranded on 99 international centuries for the rest of the summer at least. Fast bowling great McGrath is renowned for tipping Australia to achieve series clean-sweeps, with mixed success. In the 2006-07 Ashes down under, McGrath correctly predicted a five-nil thumping for Australia, but in last year's series against England he made the same confident statement and was horribly wrong. Launching the McGrath Foundation's Pink Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday, the 41-year-old said the Australian team was well on the way to reasserting themselves at the top of Test cricket. "Yesterday I said three nil but I stuffed up because I thought there was only three Tests, but definitely four nil," said McGrath. "The way the guys have played at the moment I've been impressed. "I think a team really builds itself around a bowling attack and you look at the bowling attack the team has at the moment and that will give the rest of the guys a lot of confidence. "I'm very confident, as confident as I've been in years that this team is something special and I'm expecting big things from them." McGrath admitted the historic 100th Test at the iconic SCG would be the perfect setting for Tendulkar to break his drought and record his 100th century across Test and ODI matches. Many pundits are hoping Tendulkar can bring up his landmark ton in Sydney, where he holds a remarkable record of success, but McGrath showed he hasn't lost his ruthless attitude, and doesn't want Australia to give an inch. "Well the scene is set, there's no doubt about that," said McGrath. "Sachin's a class player and to be sitting on 99 (international) hundreds is incredible. "But I'm tipping our boys will hold him back for another few Tests. It'd be nice to see Sachin get his 100th hundred first Test up next series." http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8397399

[chainsmoker1985]

Ghanta !!

[Dravid_TheWall]

He always says this lol. Got a lot of respect for him but we won't get whitewashed. Aussies not good enough to do that no matter how much our batsmen try bending over and surrendering their asses.

[Pagalpanti]

He said that before Ashes. Good signs for India. ;-)

[Bradman99]

Haha he always says this- I think there is an element of tongue in cheek.

[bulbul]

Haha he always says this- I think there is an element of tongue in cheek.

he always says this before series.... May be this time his tongue stuck somewhere before first match :winky:

[Needforspeed]

The only way for India to reply is thru on field performance.

[Clarke]

If they win @ Sydney, that's highly likely :nervous:

[gs]

As much as I despise McGrath's words, this Indian team might just prove him right.

[Asoka]

Hope this fires up the Indians.

[Cricket Tragic]

Haha he always says this- I think there is an element of tongue in cheek.

Yeah, I watched the video.

[Sachin=GOD]

Not going to happen.

[peterparker]

he should have said this before MCG

[ViruRulez]

As much as I despise McGrath's words' date=' this Indian team might just prove him right.[/quote'] ++ I agree. To be honest, I am quite pissed off with our performance in the last match due to which I did not even come to ICF for a few days. If not a whitewash, then I do not see us winning this series easily either. The last match was just gifted away and was one of our best collective bowling performance for a long time. Normally our bowlers do not click that well and when they clicked our batsmen ruined it all. So, not sure how we can defeat them easily. In fact, last match was one of our easiest matches to win if only we batted just a bit sensibly. Also disappointed with Kohli, Laxman, Gauti etc. now with them not performing at all. Our batting is supposedly the best in the world but it seemed our bowling is far better than our batting. Our batting was not even mediocre in the match. /end of rant

[chainsmoker1985]

++ I agree. To be honest, I am quite pissed off with our performance in the last match due to which I did not even come to ICF for a few days. If not a whitewash, then I do not see us winning this series easily either. The last match was just gifted away and was one of our best collective bowling performance for a long time. Normally our bowlers do not click that well and when they clicked our batsmen ruined it all. So, not sure how we can defeat them easily. In fact, last match was one of our easiest matches to win if only we batted just a bit sensibly. Also disappointed with Kohli, Laxman, Gauti etc. now with them not performing at all. Our batting is supposedly the best in the world but it seemed our bowling is far better than our batting. Our batting was not even mediocre in the match. /end of rant

Really, poor you !! You missed the biggest trollfest just after the first match on ICF, India vs Australia, 1st test match thread. It was absolutely hilarious. Just hope, Miss Warner will be there tomorrow as well, lol :yay:

[TheWall]

As much as I despise McGrath's words' date=' this Indian team might just prove him right.[/quote'] +1

[BestVRest]

Unfortunately after having watched India at the MCG I agree, it's damming that India has never won a series in SA and Australia and then after getting thumped by England 4 - 0 it just says a lot of India's so called "world class" batting line up. If India can't win now in Australia with all the problems Australia are having and a green Aussie bowling line up, it will just prove to a lot of people that India are only good on their tracks at home.

[Sidhoni]

Mcgrath :poink:

[achilles]

[Hell Raiser]

The way we have played our last 5 matches outside subcontinent, 4-0 is a big possibility. But I have a feeling that India will win at least 1 match.