Australia's unprecedented home Test series defeat to India in served as a "wake-up call" for Justin Langer, who reckons the series will prove as the defining moment of his coaching career.
Langer was appointed as the Australian coach in May 2018, following the infamous ball tampering scandal that saw skipper Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner slapped with year long bans.
Without their star batsmen, the Australian side struggled to get back their footing with Langer at the helm.
However, the men from Down Under tasted their first Test series loss to India on home turf. Virat Kohli's men handed Australia an identical 2-1 defeat.
"That was a massive wake-up call and a really tough time in my life," Langer was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press on a podcast.
"I've got no doubt in 10 years' time, I will look back on that period and it will be the making of my coaching career."
"In adversity, like in the great crisis we are going through right now (with the coronavirus). Like the crisis of the Australian cricket team wheut sandpaper on the ball, in adversity never waste it."
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