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Border-Gavaskar Trophy: ‘We were really, really nervous. We just didn’t lose there,’ says David Warner on 2021 Gabba loss | Cricket News

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: ‘We were really, really nervous. We just didn’t lose there,’ says David Warner on 2021 Gabba loss | Cricket News

While the Gabba plays host to the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia starting Saturday, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will hope to get motivation from the historic fourth Test match win at the ground in the 2020-21 iteration of the series. India won the series 2-1 with a three-wicket win at Brisbane and ended Australia’s 33-year-old unbeaten record at the venue. Former Australian opener David Warner recalled how the Australian team led by Tim Paine were nervous about the last Test match of the series at the Gabba. Unlike other series, Brisbane hosted the last Test match of the four-Test series with both the teams level at 1-1 in the series. With Australia having won 42 Test matches out of a total of 62 Test matches till that Test, Gabba had been Australia’s stronghold before Indian conquered the Gabba. “It was just a venue that Australia does not lose at but we were nervous, really, really nervous. We just didn’t lose there. You feel like you’ve got that sort …