India have won the last two Test series, while they have held the prestigious Border-Gavaskar Trophy since March 2017. However, the situation is very different this time as they are coming into the series 0 down. -Whitewash 3 times against New Zealand on home ground. With barely a few days left for the BGT, former head coach Ravi Shastri has highlighted the importance of India’s strong start against Australia. According to Shastri, the Rohit Sharma-led team was not ready for the challenge of New Zealand and had to pay the price for it.