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Former Aussie Test cricket captain Michael Clarke has lashed the current squad for abandoning tour matches in India, saying they will be going in underdone - with his remarks coming just after he lost a commentary job in the subcontinent.
India is known as the final frontier in world cricket, the hardest place for visiting teams because of the spin-friendly, low and slow pitches, searing heat and massive crowd support for the home team.
While Clarke has been dumped for the commentary team in India by the host broadcaster, he has used his Australian radio show to warn the Aussies about not scheduling tour matches
Clarke was scheduled to fly to India for the upcoming Test series against Australia before the Board of Control for Cricket in India sacked him from its commentary panel over his wild antics in Noosa.
A shirtless Clarke was filmed in a heated altercation with his girlfriend Jade Yarbrough and threatening to punch on with media personality and friend Karl Stefanovic.
While the former skipper won't be on the plane to India, he has slammed the Australian team on his radio spot The Big Breakfast for not scheduling any tour matches in the lead-up to the four Test series.
'That's the part I don't understand,' Clarke said.
'The no tour game before the first Test in India. I hope I'm proven wrong but I think that is going to be significant. Batting in those conditions in one-day cricket and T20 cricket is one thing, batting in Indian conditions in Test cricket it is a completely different game.
Clarke (left) in his playing days touring India with Mitchell Johnson, Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden and the late Phil Hughes
'You need a completely different plan to what you have playing in Australia, the way you start your innings against
