Border-Gavaskar Trophy: India to start Test series against Australia in Perth | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Cricket Australia introduced on Tuesday that Perth will host the primary Take a look at of the extremely anticipated five-match India-Australia collection in November. The collection will conclude with the customary New 12 months’s Take a look at in Sydney.
On November 22, the edges’ first five-Take a look at collection in additional than 30 years will start at Perth Stadium.
The collection’ second sport will happen as a day-night Take a look at in Adelaide on December 6, the third sport will happen on the Gabba in Brisbane on December 14, and the fourth sport will happen in Melbourne on December 26-traditionally generally known as “Boxing Day.”
Australia haven’t defeated India in a house Take a look at collection since 2014-15, dropping each the 2018-19 and 2020-21 collection.
Australia defeated India within the World Take a look at Championship ultimate and within the 50-overs World Cup ultimate final 12 months.
The itinerary for the Ladies’s Ashes between Australia and England, which begins with an ODI in Sydney on January 12, was additionally launched by Cricket Australia.
The Melbourne Cricket Floor will host a one-time, day-night Take a look at on January 30 to conclude the Ashes. This would be the stadium’s first pink ball worldwide.

“One of the essential elements behind awarding Perth the internet hosting rights for the primary Take a look at over Brisbane was the pleasant broadcast time zone for viewers of each international locations,” mentioned Peter Roach, CA’s head of scheduling.
“The clear recommendation from our nationwide crew is that there’s a desire to begin collection strongly at venues the place they’re actually snug and Perth and Brisbane they consider are considerably comparable when it comes to the benefit they get out of that,” Roach mentioned.
“They’re the toughest and bounciest pitches in Australia. In addition they consider that enjoying day-night Exams in Adelaide is a major benefit and the stats there are fairly conclusive too.”
In response to Roach, the Optus Stadium, the place Australia have received all 4 Exams, is now corresponding to the Gabba.
“They are going to take a look at this schedule and a few will say Gabba first would have been higher than Perth. Others will say Perth then Gabba.
“I feel that hole has actually closed in current occasions and the way in which our gamers take into consideration that, and having Adelaide because the day-night Take a look at, they’re going to be actually buoyed about that once more.
“So we’re actually snug that this provides us a fantastic alternative to compete with a very sturdy Indian crew,” Roach mentioned.
On their earlier tour, India had misplaced the pink ball Take a look at badly earlier than bouncing again to tug off one in every of their biggest collection triumphs.
(With companies inputs)