Beaten by an inexperienced and injury-plagued India, Australia head coach Justin Langer on Tuesday said one massive lesson that he has learnt from the setback is to “never ever, ever underestimate” the “really tough” players from India.
Langer lauded India for the lion-hearted effort to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 despite playing with a second-string side, especially after being beaten convincingly inside three days in the series-opener in Adelaide. That loss included India’s lowest-ever Test score of 36 in the second innings.
“It was an incredible Test series and in the end, there is always a winner or a loser. Today Test cricket is the winner. It’s gonna hurt us big time. India deserved full credit. They have been outstanding but we have learnt lessons from it,” Langer told Channel 7.
“First, you can never take anything for granted, second never ever, ever underestimate the Indians. There are 1.5 billions Indians and if you play in that first…