India versus Australia has become one of the biggest rivalries in modern-day cricket. For the next two months between November 22 to January 7, 2025 the cricket world’s attention will be focussed on Australia as the two giants of cricket face off in Perth’s Optus Stadium (from November 22 to 26, 2024) for the first Test, then head to Adelaide (from December 6 to 10, 2024) for Test No 2, then Brisbane (from December 14 to 18, 2024) for the third Test, Melbourne (from December 26 to 30, 2024) for the Boxing Day Test before finally playing the fifth Test at Sydney in the new year (from January 3-7, 2025).
The Indian cricket team comes into the Border Gavaskar Trophy smarting from the humbling series defeat to New Zealand at home.
Heading into the first Test in Perth, India are led by pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah because Rohit Sharma has skipped the game after the birth of his second child. Shubman Gill, meanwhile, is missing due to an injury while training. For Australia, Cameron Green also will not be available.
Ahead of the first Test at Perth, the head-to-head record for India vs Australia matches, that were played in Australia, expectedly favoured the host nation with them winning 30 out of the 52 Tests played. India claimed nine victories while 13 games were drawn.
Here are the full squads for both teams for the India vs Australia series:
India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Mohammed Siraj, Sarfaraz Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Abhimanyu Easwaran.
Australia Squad: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Scott Boland.
Australia had come into the 2001 Kolkata Test after winning the first Test at Mumbai before VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid’s epic partnership in the second innings helped India win the Test match to end the 16-Test winning streak of Australia.
In 2001, Harbhajan Singh became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test history. However, as Adam Gilchrist recalled in his book, the moment had a bit of luck attached to it.
Pratika Rawal almost reluctantly lifted her bat after reaching her maiden Test fifty on Sunday, but deep down, it must have been a deeply satisfying moment.
It was early vindication for Australia captain Alyssa Healy who won the toss and opted to bowl, wanting to unleash the pacers on this Indian batting unit.
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In the third ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground, India chased down Australia's total of 236 with ease, reaching 237/1 in 38.3 overs. Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on 121, while Virat Kohli supported with 74, leading India to a commanding nine-wicket victory
A fearless India pulled off an exhilarating three-wicket win over Australia in the fourth Test to claim the series 2-1 and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Australia were bowled out for 369 in their first innings on Day 2 of the 4th Test at the Gabba. India lost their opener Rohit Sharma (44) and Shubman Gill (7) before rain forced an early end to the day.
Hanuma Vihari and R Ashwin, in 42.4 overs, scraped their way for a 62-run stand, which certainly would have made Rahul Dravid proud on his 48th birthday.
India were 98/2 in their desperate rearguard action at the close of play on the fourth day of the third Test, still 308 runs behind Australia and a full day's batting away from saving the match.
The series is level at 1-1 and the decider will be played tomorrow at Melbourne Cricket Ground. India will look to continue their winning momentum after beating Australia by six wickets in Adelaide.
Indian cricket team arrived at Adelaide ahead of the second ODI match. They were seen practicing ahead of the second ODI. The second match is scheduled to be played on January 15.
Seventy-one years after they first toured Australia, India finally has a series win in Australia to its name. Lets see why this victory is so historical for India.
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