The Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) between two world cricket rivals India and Australia is starting today. The first match of the five-match Test series will be played in Perth. The Australian team has never lost a Test match here. This is an important series for India to reach the WTC finals.
Both teams have been playing Tests against each other since 1947. But, in 1996, as the 50th year of cricket between the two teams began, to commemorate it, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket Australia (CA) decided to name the Test series BGT.
Know interesting facts of both teams and match details before record…
Match details… India Vs Australia November 22-26, Optus Stadium, Perth Toss- 7:20 AM, Match Start- 7:50 AM
India won the last 4 series consecutively Since 1947, 28 Test series have been played between India and Australia. In which India has won 11 and Australia has won 12. While 5 series are drawn. While both teams have played 13 series in Australia. In which 8 were won by Australia and 2 by India. At the same time, 3 series remained a draw. India created history by winning the first ever Test series in Australia in 2018 and won both the subsequent series.
India has dominated BGT since 1996. So far 16 BGT series have been played. In which 10 India and 5 Kangaroo teams have won. A series was drawn. India has won the last 4 consecutive series. The team's last loss came in the 2014-15 season.
Test match records of both teams (including BGT) can be seen below…
India have to win 4 matches to play WTC final Having played the last 2 finals of the World Test Championship, it seems impossible for Team India to play the final match this time. After losing to New Zealand, the team has slipped to the second position in the points table with 58.33% points. This is India's last Test series in WTC 2023-25. Only by winning 4 Tests can the team make it to the finals without depending on anyone. Even if the team wins the series 3-2, the team will not be able to reach the finals.
Jaiswal is the team's top run scorer Indian opener Yashaswi Jaiswal is the team's top scorer in the Test format this year. He has scored 7 fifties and 2 centuries in 11 matches. Gill is second. He will not play in this match. Virat Kohli is the team's second top scorer after Sachin Tendulkar in Australia. Although he failed against New Zealand, better will be expected from him in this series. All-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin is the highest wicket-taker this year.
India will play without Rohit-Gill Regular captain Rohit Sharma and top order batsman Shubman Gill will not play in this match. Rohit is on break and Gill is injured. Jasprit Bumrah will captain the side in Rohit's absence and KL Rahul will open alongside Yashwi Jaiswal. At the same time, Devdutt Padikal will play at number-3 in place of Gill.
Khawaja scored the most runs for Australia this year Batting-all-rounder Cameron Green has scored the most runs for Australia this year. However, he was not included in the team for this series. Second is Usman Khawaja. He has scored 274 runs in 5 matches. Josh Hazlewood has taken the most wickets for the team during this period.
Pitch report So far 4 Test matches have been played at Optus Stadium in Perth. Australia batted first and won all the matches. Pacers get more help here. Here the bowlers have taken 139 wickets. In which pacers got 102 wickets and spinners got 37 wickets. That is, pacers took 73.38% wickets and spinners 26.62%.
According to the report, the average bounce on the current pitch here is 13 cm higher than the Indian pitch. There is 8mm of grass on the pitch and some cracks too.
Roll of the toss The average first innings score in Perth is 456 runs, so the team here prefers to bat first after winning the toss. As the match days progress, batting in the stadium becomes difficult. Here Australia has won all 4 matches by batting first. Thus the role of toss becomes important here.
There is no chance of rain There is absolutely no chance of rain in the Perth match. According to weather website Accuweather, there is a 1% chance of rain here tomorrow. Day temperature will be 13 to 22 degrees. It will be sunny throughout the day, with occasional cloud cover. However, there was unseasonal rain here two days ago.
Probable Playing XI of Both Teams India (IND): Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Yashaswi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurrell, Ravindra Jadeja / Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Ishtan Krishna and Mohammad Siraj.
Australia (AUS): Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Josh Inglis, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland and Josh Hazlewood.
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