Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25
| Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25 | |||
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| Border–Gavaskar Trophy | |||
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| Australia | India | ||
| Dates | 22 November 2024 – 7 January 2025 | ||
| Captains | Pat Cummins | Rohit Sharma[a] | |
| Test series | |||
The India cricket team is touring Australia from November 2024 to January 2025 to play five Test matches and three first-class warm-up matches against the Australia cricket team.[1] The Test matches form part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.[2][3] In March 2024, the Cricket Australia (CA) announced the venues for the Test series.[4] It will be the first Test series between India and Australia comprising five matches since 1992.[5] On 26 March 2024, the CA confirmed the full tour itinerary.[6]
India had retained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after defeating Australia 2–1 in the previous series in 2023.[7][8]
Venues
[edit]Cricket Australia announced their summer cricket schedule in March 2024.[9] The series will be played at the main cricket grounds in Australia's five largest cities. It will be the first five-match test series to be played between the two nations since India's tour of Australia in 1991/92.
| Test | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Date |
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| 1st | Perth | Perth Stadium | 61,266 | 22–26 November |
| 2nd | Adelaide | Adelaide Oval | 53,500 | 6–10 December |
| 3rd | Brisbane | The Gabba | 37,000 | 14–18 December |
| 4th | Melbourne | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 100,024 | 26–30 December |
| 5th | Sydney | Sydney Cricket Ground | 48,000 | 3–7 January |
Squads
[edit]India named an 18-member squad for the test series along with Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khaleel Ahmed as travelling reserves. [12]
On 17 November, Shubman Gill was ruled out of the first Test with a fractured thumb of his left hand, during the intra-squad training match at the WACA.[13][14]
On 20 November, Devdutt Padikkal, who was a part of the India A squad and was asked to stay back as cover with a few injury scares due to several batsmen getting blows during the practice match with India A, was added to the main squad.[15] Additionally, Yash Dayal was added to the list of travelling reserves as a replacement for the injured Khaleel Ahmed.[16]
Tour matches
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| Part of India Tour of Australia 2024–25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 31 October 2024 – 10 November 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Australia A won the series 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads
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 India A[18]
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The tour was kickstarted by India A touring Australia from 31st October to 10th November, ending just 5 days before the official Test series starts. Cricket Australia announced their Australia A squad in early October 2024, naming Nathan McSweeney as their captain.[17] Board of Control for Cricket in India announced India A cricket team's squad in October 2024, naming Ruturaj Gaikwad as the side's captain along with Abhimanyu Easwaran as the vice-captain.[18]
India 'A' played two games against Australia 'A'. The first of those matches was played at the Great Barrier Reef Arena from October 31 to November 3 while the second was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from November 7 to 10. The first Test will be played at the new Perth Stadium from November 22.
While announcing the international schedule, Peter Roach, CA's head of Cricket Operations and Scheduling, had said in May: "The 2024-25 summer is highlighted by the five-Test Border-Gavaskar series, the first five-Test series between the two giants in more than 30 years. To have that running simultaneously with the women's ODIs and preceded by two significant Australia A v India A matches will be terrific for our fans."
Prior to the start of the series, Mark Steketee and his replacement Liam Hatcher were both ruled out due to injury and were replaced by Brendan Doggett.[19] On 3 November 2024, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel were added to the squad for the second unofficial Test.[20][21]
1st unofficial Test
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On the day 4 of the test match, Indian wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan and the on-field umpire Shawn Craig could be heard on stump-mic arguing about the condition of the ball as the umpires thought that the ball has been scratched intentionally, putting allegations upon the Indian cricket team for ball tampering, to which the Indian cricket team including the captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan opposed and argued over as they had been maintaining the ball to generate reverse swing in their attempt to make a comeback in the game.[22][23]
2nd unofficial Test
[edit]India vs India A
[edit]Prime Minister's XI vs Indians
[edit]Border-Gavaskar Trophy
[edit]1st Test
[edit]22–26 November 2024
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nathan McSweeney (Aus), Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy (Ind) all made their Test debuts.
- KL Rahul (Ind) scored his 3,000th run in Tests.[25]
2nd Test
[edit]3rd Test
[edit]4th Test
[edit]5th Test
[edit]Controversies
[edit]Ball Tampering Allegations
[edit]On the start day 4 of the first un-official 4 day test match, Indian Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad approached the on-field umpire Shawn Craig questioning about the ball which they had been given was in different condition than what they had been playing with, Indian wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan and the on-field umpire Craig could be heard on stump-mic arguing about the condition of the ball which they had played with the day prior, as the umpires thought that the ball has been scratched intentionally, thus putting allegations upon the Indian cricket team for ball tampering, to which the Indian cricket team including the captain Ruturaj and wicket-keeper Ishan opposed to and argued over as they had been maintaining the ball to generate reverse swing in their attempt to make a comeback on the next day.
Caught on the stump mic, Craig firmly dismissed their petition saying
"You scratch it, we change the ball,”
continuing with
“No more discussion, let’s play. This is not a discussion.”
Kishan however anguished by this, questioned their decision saying
“So we have to play with this ball? That’s a very stupid decision.”
the on-field umpire Craig did not hold back and replied
“Excuse me. You’ll be on report for dissent. That’s inappropriate behaviour, It is because of your actions we changed the ball. "
to which Kishan was heard replying
"Yeah ok, thank you"
However, three hours after the match finished, Cricket Australia issued a statement, clarifying what had actually happened citing that the ball was changed due to deterioration and no further actions will be taken regarding Kishan's comment, which could be heard on the stump-mic, with on-field umpire Craig cautioning the Indian wicket-keeper and no further actions being taken.[26][27]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jasprit Bumrah captained India in the 1st Test.
References
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- ^ "Border Gavaskar Trophy In WTC 2023-25 Cycle To Be Played Over Five Tests For First Time Since 1992". India.com. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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- ^ "India retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy after dull draw". Deccan Herald. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Five-Test India series, Ashes crown epic summer | cricket.com.au". Cricket Australia. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "McSweeney, Inglis named in Border-Gavaskar Test squad". Cricket Australia. 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Squads for India's tour of South Africa & Border-Gavaskar Trophy announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Abhimanyu Easwaran, Yash Dayal, Nitish Reddy picked for Australia Tests". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Gollapudi, Nagraj. "Injured Gill to miss first Test in Perth with fractured thumb". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Tagore, Vijay; Sunderasan, Bharat. "Gill set to miss Perth Test after injuring his thumb". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "India make multiple last-minute changes to squad before Perth Test; Devdutt Padikkal added, T20 specialist flown in". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Yash Dayal replaces injured Khaleel Ahmed in reserves for Border-Gavaskar Trophy". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Konstas gets the nod as batting showdown looms in 'A' series". Cricket Australia. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Ruturaj Gaikwad to lead India A for tour of Australia". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ McGlashan, Andrew (31 October 2024). "Konstas, Bancroft and Harris unable to make an impression against India A". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
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- ^ "KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel added to India A squad, will play second unofficial Test: Reports". Cricket.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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