Team India To Play Intra Squad Match Before The Australia Test Series

The Indian Cricket Team will play an intra-squad match right before the 5-match Test series against Australia. India would feature against India A in Perth from 15^th-17^th November, Cricket Australia announced the schedule on Tuesday.

Australia A will face India A in 2 first-class matches from 31^st October. The first match will be played at Great Barrier Reef Arena, McKay from 31^st to 3rd November. Both teams would move to Melbourne Cricket Ground, MCG in the second game of the series from 7^th to 10^th November 2024.

Apart from Australia A versus India A matches, the Indian women’s team will visit Australia for 3 match ODI matches from 5^th to 10^th December 2024.

The final match of the series will be played at WACA Stadium, Perth from 15^th to 17^th November. These three matches would give enough chances for the Indian senior to get used to the conditions before the highly contested Border Gavaskar series against Australia starting on 22^nd November 2024.

“To have that running simultaneously with the women’s ODIs and preceded by two significant Australia A v India A matches will be terrific for our fans,” CA Head of Cricket Operations and Scheduling, Peter Roach, was quoted as saying on cricket.com.au.

“Hosting those A matches at the upgraded Great Barrier Reef Arena and the MCG give these ‘A’ matches significant status and will provide great opportunities to players from both sides to put up their hand for selection.”

The Indian team will tour Australia for a five-match Test series known as the Border Gavaskar series. Under the captaincy of Rahane, the Indian team clinched a historic 2-1 test series win on Australian soil as R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bumrah, and Shami were ruled out due to an injury.

It was a sensational series win by the Indian team as they won at Australia’s fortress Gabba in 2020/21 during the 4-match Test series. From this year onwards, the Indian team will face Australia in 5 five-match Test series. The Indian team would be looking to their 3^rd successive series on Australian soil.

Schedule:

1. India vs Australia (22^nd-26^th November)- Optus Stadium, Perth
2. India vs Australia (6^th-10^th December, D/N)- Adelaide Oval, Adelaide)
3. India vs Australia (14^th-18^th December)- Gabba, Brisbane)
4. India vs Australia (26^th-30^th December)- Melbourne Cricket Ground, MCG)
5. India vs Australia (3^rd-7^th January 2025)- Sydney Cricket Ground, SCG)

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