India has a great chance to win in England: Clarke

The trio of cricketers who toured South Africa was banned in the aftermath of the ball tampering saga in the third Test against the host. “Australia is under pressure at the moment with everything that has happened. They need to try and work out what their team is going to be. They need to find a way and start to rebuild really quickly because it is a massive series considering we have never lost to India in Australia,” said Smith at a book launch here on Monday. 

“So the current team needs to figure out how they are going to build on that success and beat a really good Indian team,” he said. India is slated to tour Australia this year-end. 

Clarke said he would not like an Indian Test series victory over Australia to be undermined by talks over his country not being able to field a strong team due to the ban imposed on the trio. “There’s no doubt that losing Smith, Warner and Bancroft is going to hurt Australia. But I would hate to see that if India do have success in Australia for it to be taken away due to the absence of the three players,” he added.