Tendulkar said the four-match Test series is still wide open. “There are good moments and there are tough moments but it is all about how you stand back on your feet again and start competing”

 India lost to Australia by a huge 333-run margin in the first Test failing to score even 110 runs in both innings and that put the Virat Kohli-led team under a lot of pressure. Needless to say there was a lot of criticism as well.

 

When cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was asked his opinion on the same, he was quick to defend the Indian team and said that four-match Test series is still wide open.

 

"Coming to India-Australia Test series, it was a tough Test match for us. But it is a part and parcel of the game. The loss (in the first Test) does not mean that the series is lost, the series is still wide open," Tendulkar said.

 

"Knowing the spirit of the Indian team I know that they will fight back hard. Australian team also knows about it because when we beat them, we also knew that they are going to come back at us really hard. I have no doubt that the Indian team is going to come back and compete hard," he added.

 

Tendulkar said tough moments come in every team and sportsperson's career and that makes sports interesting. "There are good moments and there are tough moments but it is all about how you stand back on your feet again and start competing. That is what makes the sport interesting. That is what sportspersons play for," said the cricketing icon and Rajya Sabha member.