India will tour Australia for a 5-match Test series in November- January. These five matches would be part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25. It promises to be a mouthwatering series between the two best teams.
Indian team won their previous two test series on Australian soil. Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India registered first ever victory in the last 72 years by 2-1. They then displayed great courage and won a memorable 2-1 series win during 2020-21.
After India was bundled out for 36 runs in the second innings of the first Test at Adelaide Oval, they made a strong comeback to level the series at Melbourne thanks to brilliant performances by Rahane, Siraj, and Co. R Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari showed great fighting spirit to draw the 3rd test match at Sydney.
The fourth and final Test match saw India missing the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, and Umesh Yadav due to injuries. They had Shubman Gill, Pant. Washington Sundar and Natarajan made their debuts in the final test match. India chased down the highest-ever score of 328 in the fourth innings to seal the series at 2-1.
Australia would look to take revenge for the previous two test series losses. Both teams will meet for the first time after the 2023 ICC World Test Championship finals played at Oval, London last year.
India is currently the holder of the Border Gavaskar series. They won the test series at home last year by 2-1. The schedule of this series has not been announced yet, but the venues for the marquee five-match bumper India tour of Australia season will take place.
Australia will start the Test series at Optus Stadium, Perth, they have an impressive record at this venue. According to WA Today, Adelaide Oval would host the second test match which would be a day-night fixture.
The third test match will be played in Brisbane. Australia lost their first encounter at Brisbane in 2021 before West Indies stunned the host in 2024. Australia will host India for the fourth test match to be played at MCG from 26th December known as Boxing Day. After this, the final test match would be played at SCG to finish the series.
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