Hyderabad: India's much-anticipated Down Under series against Australia is set to begin on Friday with the white ball series comprising three one-dayers and as many twenty-20 internationals. The white-ball series will be followed by the four-match Test series.
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Team India will look to defend the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, that they won 2-1 in 2018-19 under the leadership of Virat Kohli, who will not be around to lead this time after the Adelaide Test due to the birth of his first child.
India and Australia will face each other in three ODIs starting on Friday. Following one-dayers, both the side lock-horns for three-match T20I series, which starts on 4th of December, before facing each-other in much awaited four-match Test series, which starts on 17th December in Adelaide.
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It must be noted that Indian captain Virat Kohli will return to the country after leading the side in the opening Test, which is going to be a day-night affair, due to the birth of his first child. And in Virat's absence, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain) is likely to lead in last three matches.
India vs Australia, ODI Schedule:
1st ODI: SCG, Sydney | November 27 | 9:10 AM IST
2nd ODI: SCG, Sydney | November 29 | 9:10 AM IST
3rd ODI: Manuka Oval | Canberra, December 2 | 9:10 AM IST
Teams
India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper).
Australia ODI squad: Aaron Finch (Captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), David Warner, Adam Zampa.
India vs Australia, T20I Schedule
1st T20I: Manuka Oval | Canberra, December 4 | 1:40 PM IST
2nd T20I: SCG, Sydney | December 6 | 1:40 PM IST
3rd T20I: SCG, Sydney | December 8 | 1:40 PM IST
Teams
India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan.
Australia T20 Squad: Aaron Finch (Captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), David Warner, Adam Zampa.
India vs Australia, Test Schedule
1st Test: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | December 17 – December 21 | 9:30 AM IST
2nd Test: MCG, Melbourne | December 26 – December 30 | 9:30 AM IST
3rd Test: SCG, Sydney | January 7 – January 11 | 9:30 AM IST
4th Test: The Gabba, Brisbane | January 15 – January 19 | 9:30 AM IST
Teams
India Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj.
Australia Test Squad: Tim Paine (Captain, wicketkeeper), Sean Abbott, Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner.
