Indian Cricket Team got done with the white-ball assignments against Sri Lanka and New Zealand and remain rather successful winning all four series, now, there’s a bigger test waiting for the Men in Blue in the ongoing home season.
The hosts will take on Australia in a four-match Test series starting from 9th February 2023.
This is the first time that the two teams are facing in a Test series in India in six years and the first time since the epic 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under.
This series will not only mark the conclusion of the 2021-23 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, but will also decide the two finalists.
Pat Cummins-led side is almost through to the final, the Indian team has to win at least two out of the four games to stay in contention for a place in the summit clash.
The hosts seal their last Test assignment against Bangladesh, now, Rohit Sharma-led side will be without a few of their key players.
Rishabh Pant will miss the whole series while pacer Jasprit Bumrah will be unavailable for the first two Test matches.
Shreyas Iyer, one of the best players of spin in the current Indian line-up, will miss the series opener in Nagpur owing to a back injury he sustain in the ODIs against Sri Lanka.
Australia are coming off a 4-0 home Test season.
The Aussies whitewash West Indies and won 2-0 against South Africa, improving India’s chances of qualification.
The visitors have name four spinners in their squad as the World No. 1 Test team has come all prepare to give India a tough fight.
India will start as favourites being the home team and Australia can’t be taken lightly as it is one of the teams, that challenge the Asian giants on their home soil when the two teams met last time in the longest format in 2017.
Full Schedule of India vs Australia Test Series
- 1st Test – 9th to 13th February 2023 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
- 2nd Test – 17th ti 21st February 2023 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- 3rd Test – 1st to 5th March 2023 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
- 4th Test – 9th to 13th March 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Timing of India vs Australia Test Series
All four Test matches between India and Australia are day games and start will be at 9:30 AM IST.
Telecast Details of India vs Australia Test Series
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will have a telecast through Star Sports Network on TV and the live streaming of all the matches will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website as well as JioTV.
Full Squads of India vs Australia Test Series
India (For First Two Tests)
- Rohit Sharma (c),
- KL Rahul (vc),
- Shubman Gill,
- Cheteshwar Pujara,
- Virat Kohli,
- Shreyas Iyer,
- KS Bharat (wk),
- Ishan Kishan (wk),
- Ravichandran Ashwin,
- Axar Patel,
- Kuldeep Yadav,
- Ravindra Jadeja,
- Mohammed Shami,
- Mohammed Siraj,
- Umesh Yadav,
- Jaydev Unadkat,
- Suryakumar Yadav.
Australia
- Pat Cummins (c),
- Ashton Agar,
- Scott Boland,
- Alex Carey (wk),
- Cameron Green,
- Josh Hazlewood,
- Peter Handscomb (wk),
- Travis Head,
- Usman Khawaja,
- Marnus Labuschagne,
- Nathan Lyon,
- Lance Morris,
- Todd Murphy,
- Matthew Renshaw,
- Steve Smith (vc),
- Mitchell Starc,
- Mitchell Swepson,
- David Warner
