Sunil Gavaskar's Stern Warning to Gambhir and Rohit: India's Unlikeliness to Win 4-0 in BGT

Gavaskar expressed his doubt on India's ability to beat Australia 4-0 in the Test series, stating that he would be ecstatic if they managed to achieve such a feat. However, he believes that a more realistic outcome would be a 3-1 victory for India. Gavaskar did not want to discuss the World Test Championship final.

"Now just focus on trying to win the series in Australia. Never mind whether you win 1-0,2-0,3-0, 3-1,2-1. But go and win. Because that is how all of us Indian cricket fans are going to be back to feeling good again," he added.

India are currently positioned at the second spot in the WTC standings with a points percentage of 58.33. A series whitewash against New Zealand now means that Rohit Sharma's team are now in the danger of missing out on the WTC final.

India now has to beat Australia 4-0 or 5-0, to make it to the WTC final. A total of four wins and one draw in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy will see India's PCT rising to 65.79 per cent. This PCT will remain more than New Zealand's maximum (64.29 per cent) if they defeat England 3-0 at home in November-December this year.

If India win 4-0 against Australia, then they will secure at least the second spot in the WTC standings as South Africa can only finish on a maximum PCT of 69.44 with 2-0 home wins against Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

However, if India lose 2-3 against Australia, New Zealand end up drawing their series 1-1 against England, South Africa draw their series 1-1 with both Pakistan and Sri Lanka draw their series against Australia 0-0, then it would be India, who finish at the second spot in the WTC standings.

As per ESPNCricinfo, in such a scenario, Australia will end up with 58.77 PCT while India will finish at second with PCT of 53.51, better than South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

However, for India to have any chance of making it to the WTC final, the side needs to win at least two Tests Down Under. No win or a single win Down Under, would put an end to India's mathematical chances of progressing it to the summit clash.