The moment that was waiting for is just about to come, when Indian team captain Rohit Sharma will be seen standing for the toss with Australian team captain Pat Cummins wearing baggy green in white dress and blue blazer. The four-match Test series between India and Australia begins on Thursday, 9 February. In such a situation, only a few hours are left when the first match of this Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played in Nagpur. Therefore, you will get all the information related to this match in this news.
1. First of all, let’s talk about what will be the timing of the match and at what time the toss will be thrown? So the answer is that the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will start at 9.30 am, while the toss will take place at 9 am as per Indian time. The rest of the match day’s play will start from 9:30 in the morning.
2. The second biggest question about this series is that how will the pitch behave? Only the pitch curator will have the answer, but the pitch will probably be beneficial for the spinners. In such a situation, the dominance of spinners can be seen here, but those players who specialize in playing spin well can score runs. There seems to be little scope for scoring runs at a fast pace.
3. How will be the playing XI of both the teams in the first match of this historic series? This is a big question in itself, the answer to which hardly anyone knows except the captains and coaches of the teams. Nevertheless, you can see here how the playing eleven of both the teams can be.
Possible playing XI of India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav/Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, KS Bharat (wk), R Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj
Possible playing XI of Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon
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4. This test series is very important. In such a situation, it is also important for you to know where you can watch the match live? The answer is that you will be able to watch this match live on TV on different channels of Star Sports network and on DD Sports. At the same time, for live streaming and online streaming, you will have to login to the Disney Plus Hotstar app and its website.
5. Although Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer under this series, but at present Cheteshwar Pujara is at the top, who has scored 1893 runs against Australia. Currently, Steve Smith is at number two, who has scored 1742 runs against India. Virat Kohli (1682) is third and David Warner (1148) is at number four.
6. Anil Kumble is on top of taking the most wickets under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but at present, it includes the names of players like Nathan Lyon, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Josh Hazlewood, who have taken 50 or more wickets. Wickets taken during the India vs Australia Test series.
7. Talking about India vs Australia Head to head in Test, 102 Test matches have been played between the two countries, out of which the Kangaroo team has won 43 matches, while India has won 30 matches. At the same time, the result of 28 matches has been a draw, while one match has been tied between the two countries. Talking about the last 12 matches, India has won 6 and Australia has won 3 matches. 3 matches have ended in a draw.
8. This series is very important for the Australian team, because the Kangaroo team has lost three consecutive series against India. Even the last two series were played in Australia, in both the series Australia had to face defeat. Both times India won the series 2–1. At the same time, before this the Test series was played in India. India won that too by 2-1.
9. This Test series is very important for India and Australia, because the finalists of the ICC World Test Championship have not been announced yet. Both the teams are definitely at the top of the points table of the World Test Championship, but it will be known only after four matches of this series that between which two teams the final of the second edition of WTC will be played at the Oval in London.
10. Injuries have been a problem for India and Australia before this series. For India where Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah are not available. Similarly, players like Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Cameron Green are not available for Australia. However, the good thing from the Kangaroo team’s point of view is that their players can play in the upcoming matches.
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