Sourav Ganguly's Bold Statement on India's Readiness for Border-Gavaskar Trophy

"Undercooked is a term often used in the context of not having played any Test cricket at all. With India having just completed five Tests in the last seven weeks, the question of readiness should not even arise," Ganguly stated in a PTI interview. Concerns have been raised about India's batters not being adequately prepared, especially after their disappointing performance against the Kiwi spinners on their home turf.

Ganguly, however, feels that the defeat to New Zealand won't have much of an effect on India during he series in Australia. "I can understand that the defeat against New Zealand was unexpected but you have to understand we played on some extremely difficult tracks. In Australia, the tracks will be good for batting," Ganguly said.

The 52-year-old, who captained India 49 Tests between 2000 and 2005, further said that while he doesn't think there will be any mental impact of the series defeat, India should get back to playing on good pitches at home. "We should stop this habit of playing on rank turners. The batsmen lose confidence on such tracks and we have a team which can win Test matches on good tracks.

"Also on turners, you need to learn to grind before you can attack. There are two types of tracks where you can't just hit through the line and get out of trouble. One is a seaming track and other being a rank turner," he said.