The Indian team reached Australia after 36 years to play a 5-Test series. India will play matches at all five major Test venues in Australia. India has played at least one match at these grounds since 2018. India has won all of them except Perth and Sydney.
India look for their first win at the Optus Stadium in Perth. While in Sydney, the team played only draws in the last three Tests. The Indian team has not lost any Test series against Australia in the last 10 years. During this time, the team won 4 series with a margin of 2-1. 2 at home and 2 in Australia.
Report of the five places of history
1. Optus Stadium, Perth: Australia’s new fort? There are 2 stadiums in Perth, one is WACA Ground and the other is Optus Stadium. Test matches continued to be played at the WACA until 2017, starting in 2018 when Australia made Optus Stadium the new Test venue. The first match was played here only by India and then despite Virat Kohli’s brilliant century, Australia won. The first game of the series will take place here on November 22.
Australia have played 4 Tests so far in Perth and have won all four. Each time, the team struck first, scored big and won. Here pace bowlers get more help, India didn’t play a single full-time spinner in the last Test. Despite this, Nathan Lyon is the leading wicket-taker here with 27 wickets.
The average first innings score in Perth is 456 runs, so teams here prefer to bat first after winning the toss. Batting in the stadium becomes difficult as the match days progress. Marnus Labuschagne is the top scorer on the field with 519 points. Kohli scores an average of 70 here, while Mohammed Shami has taken 6 wickets.
2. Adelaide Oval: India were restricted to 36 in the last Test. The name of the Adelaide stadium is associated with Virat’s debut as captain. While in 2014, he had scored centuries in both the innings, but in 2020, the Indian team was all out for 36 runs under the captaincy of Kohli. This is India’s lowest score in a Test, it was a day-night Test. The team will again play only a day-night Test against Australia at this ground from December 6.
Australia did not lose a single day-night Test in Adelaide. Since 2018, the team has played a total of 6 Tests here, the team has won 5 of them, while the only defeat came against India in 2018 itself. Here batting teams first won 4 Tests and bowling teams first won 2 Tests. The average score of the first rounds is 375 points. India have played 2 Tests here since 2018, won 1 and lost 1.
During day-night tests abroad, the third session becomes important because the swing of the pink ball increases after the lights are turned on. In such a situation, both teams would like to play most of the time in the third session. Mitchell Starc is Adelaide’s leading bowler with 30 wickets. Kohli has scored 509 runs here at an average of 63. He has 3 centuries to his name here.
3. The Gabba, Brisbane: The home team lost 2 tests. The Gabba Stadium in Brisbane was Australia’s stronghold until 2020. The home team had not lost a Test here since 1988. Again in 2021, India won the Test here by 3 wickets and won the Test here by 3 wickets. won the series. After India, the Kangaroo team was also defeated by the West Indies in the same year.
Australia have played 6 Tests in Brisbane since 2018, winning 4 and losing 2. Here the team batting first has won only once, that victory was achieved by West Indies in day-night test this year. Here the rest of the matches were played during the day, in each of them the bowling team won first. The average first innings score is also only 227 runs, so here the team that wins the toss will choose to bowl.
India have played 2 Tests in Brisbane in the last 10 years, winning one and losing only one. Pat Cummins has taken 36 wickets here in the last 6 years, while Marnus Labuschagne is the top scorer with 497 runs. For India, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar from the current team scored fifties.
4. Melbourne Cricket Ground: India has not lost here in 12 years. Melbourne Stadium is fast becoming India’s forte when it comes to Test cricket. Here, Team India has not lost any Test since 2012. During this period, the team has played 3 Tests here, won 2 and drawn 1. Both wins have come in the last 2 tours. Australia has played 6 Tests here since 2018, won 4 and lost 2. The teams who batted first have also won 3 times and the teams who batted first have also won 3 times.
The average first innings score in Melbourne is 299 points. India won the last match here by bowling first, when Ajinkya Rahane scored a century, while Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets. Here, Pat Cummins is the highest wicket-taker in the last 6 years with 31 wickets. Paes gets more help in Melbourne. The fast bowling looked very effective here in the third innings.
Bumrah has 15 wickets in 2 Tests in Melbourne. While Kohli has scored 316 runs here at an average of 52.66. He also has a century under his belt here. Steve Smith of Australia scored 1093 runs in 11 Tests here.
5. Sydney Cricket Ground: India can play 2 spinners. The Sydney pitch is different from other pitches in Australia, here spin gets more help than pace. India will play the final match of the series here from January 3, meanwhile rain chances are also increasing in Sydney. In 2018, due to rain for two consecutive days, the Indian team had to settle for a draw in a match they almost won.
India have played only the last three Test draws here. In 2014 the team had to draw due to batting pitch, in 2018 due to rain and in 2021 due to falling too many wickets. The average first innings score in Sydney is 436 runs, here Nathan Lyon has taken the maximum 26 wickets in the last 6 years.
In Sydney, Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant scored 292 runs in 2 Tests by scoring a century and a fifty. Virat has 248 runs to his name here at an average of 49.60, he also scored a century in Sydney. Among the bowlers, Mohammed Shami has 8 wickets to his name in 2 Tests, although despite his return in the Ranji Trophy, his departure for Australia has not yet been confirmed.
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The Indian team has started training in Perth
The Indian team is busy in the preparations ahead of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released photos and videos of Indian players training in Perth. The first match of the 5-match series will be played in Perth from November 22.