BGT 2024-25: They've the best bowling attack - Manjrekar backs Indian pacers to do the job in Australia

India is currently gearing up for the second and final Test versus Bangladeshin Kanpuron Thursday (Sep 26). From thereon, they will host New Zealand forthree Tests before travelling to Australia for the 2024/25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The forthcoming edition is keenly awaited as Rohit Sharma & Co. have a chance to make it three-Test series win in a row in Australia. For that, they will expect their daunting pacers to deliver, whereas the batters will be required to complement them. Former Indian batter-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar feels India have the 'best bowling attack' to do the job in Australia.

Manjrekar, while taking to ESPNCricinfo,stated, "India has been to Australia before, but they might have the best bowling attack going this time, because Bumrah is at the peak of his career. Don't know what high or heights in seam bowling that's left for him. Shami comes back. Let's not forget that Mohammed Shami. Then we have Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Bumrah and Akash Deep as your options. Seam bowling, absolutely no issue for India. I think the Australians will find them a handful."

Manjrekar, however, was quick to point out that the batters, especially the young ones such as Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal, will have to complement the bowlers for India to win another series Down Under.

Manjrekar added, "India will have to bat well, the seniors will obviously have to carry the burden. I think in many ways this will be a test for Shubman Gill and Yashashvi Jaiswal. If they come through, India might have another series win."

Gill made his Test debut during the 2020/21 tour of Australia, where India's second-stringed line-up came back from a shambolic defeat in the four-match Test series opener to win 2-1. Jaiswal, on the other hand, made his Test debut last year and has already amassed1,094 runs in 10 Tests, including threehundreds and five fifties. Apart from him, it will be interesting to see how Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Akash Deep, etc. perform as the trio are expected to be part of the India squad for the tour Down Under.

India will head to Australia having not lost the BGT since 2017. Moreover, they have won the last two series in Australia.