‘Ten years of unfinished business’ – Nathan Lyon on facing India in upcoming Border-Gavaskar series

Ace spinner Nathan Lyon admits Australia has ‘ten years of unfinished business’ to deal with against the superstar-studded Indian Test Team. Australia last won the Border-Gavaskar trophy at home in 2014/15, when they beat India 2-0; however, since then, they have failed to put their hands on the trophy, having lost at home twice, in addition to facing hammering on a couple of away tours.

Admitting that the touring Indian Test side is perhaps the best in world cricket, Lyon said he is as hungry as ever to let the monkey off his back and win a Test series against them this time.

India will tour Australia for five Tests starting in late November.

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"It's been ten years of unfinished business; it's been a long time, and I know we're extremely hungry to turn things around, especially here at home," Lyon said, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

"Don't get me wrong, India is an absolute superstar side, and extremely challenging, but I'm extremely hungry to turn things around and make sure we get that trophy back.

"Feel like we are a different team to a couple of years ago, we are on a journey of becoming a great Australian cricket team. We're definitely not there, but we are along that journey and have been playing some decent cricket,” he continued.

Lyon lauds Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brief run at the top in Tests has left Lyon stunned by his cricketing abilities, and despite him picking 530 Test wickets, the traditional off-spinner knows the challenge while going against the emerging superstar.

Lyon also admitted speaking to England spinner Tom Hartley, whom he shared the dressing room with during their latest stints with Lancashire in the County Championship, about how he planned bowling against this daunting Indian Test side during the away series early this year.

"I haven't come across him [Jaiswal] yet, but that will be a massive challenge for all us bowlers," Lyon said.

"The way he played against England, I watched that quite closely and thought that was quite amazing. I had some really good chats with Tom Hartley about different ways he went about it to different guys, which I found quite interesting."

"I love talking about cricket, so if I can talk to someone who has played Test cricket, I might be able to pick up something I'm not aware of. There's so much knowledge floating around this game that we can always tap into," he continued.

(With inputs from agencies)