Former Australia pacer and current Pakistan head coach Jason Gillespie has backed Pat Cummins and co. to defeat the Indian team in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series.

Australia and India will play a 5-Test series for the first time since 1991-92, that will begin on November 22 in Perth. The remainder of the Tests will be played at Adelaide (pink-ball game), Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, respectively.

Australia have not beaten India in a Test series since 2014-15 and has lost their last two Test series at home to India as well in 2018-19 and 2020-21.

But, Jason Gillespie on Tuesday said that the Australian bowling quartet of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Lyon are more than capable of beating India this time.

“I will be backing them to do the job. They are the best bowlers in the country. I think their records speak for themselves. This quartet is the best possible bowling attack that Australia can put out in the park,” Gillespie told Fox Sports.

“They are red-hot, they have been playing some good test cricket for a while now. Even though they have beaten Australia in recent times. I think Australia has a chance to beat India this time around,” he added.

Gillespie also spoke on Steve Smith’s batting position. There is much debate about whether Steve Smith should continue to open for Australia or move back into the middle order. Gillespie believes Smith should bat at No. 4 for Australia.

“Players like David Warner are pretty tough to replace. I didn’t mind the idea of Steve Smith going up in the order. I have a feeling that he might have slot back in the middle order to bat at 4,” he said.

India is currently prepping for a two-Test series against Bangladesh, while Australia will clash with England in a five-ODI series.