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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, May 3 (CRICKETNMORE) -&nbsp;Minutes after being appointed Australia coach across all formats, former Test opener Justin Langer said his team&#39;s greatest challenge awaits in India three years from now. Langer was on Wednesday unveiled as the head coach on",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, May 3 (CRICKETNMORE) -&nbsp;<\/strong>Minutes after being appointed Australia coach across all formats, former Test opener Justin Langer said his team&#39;s greatest challenge awaits in India three years from now.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Langer was on Wednesday unveiled as the head coach on a four-year contract, that will see him at the helm in two Ashes Series, a World Cup and World T20 tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But the 47-year-old Langer cited a Test series win on Indian soil as the pinnacle and one that is required if the outfit he now oversees wants to lay claim to &lsquo;greatness&#39;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We&#39;ve got a World Cup, a T20 World Cup, a couple of Ashes (in 2019 and 2021-22) -- I get nervous when I start thinking about it. There are some big tournaments coming up,&quot; Langer told a media conference here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;But ultimately, if I fast forward it, the Indian Test tour in about three or four years&#39; time, to me that&#39;s the ultimate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We will judge ourselves on whether we&#39;re a great cricket team if we beat India in India,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Recalling the &quot;Mount Everest&quot; moment of his playing career, Langer picked the 2004 tour of India when Australia thumped Sourav Ganguly&#39;s team 2-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I look back on my career, the Mount Everest moment was 2004 when we finally beat India in India,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We&#39;ve got to get better at playing overseas, we become a great team if we win overseas and at home so that will be something for us to aspire to,&quot; Langer added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Langer succeeded his former teammate Darren Lehmann, who stepped down from his post following the infamous ball-tampering saga that rocked Australian cricket, including the one-year bans on two of their best batsmen in former skipper Steve Smith and David Warner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The former Test opener&#39;s maiden assignment with the Kangaroos will be next month&#39;s England tour that features five ODIs and a T20 international.<\/p>\r\n",
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