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India’s 2020-21 tour of Australia has been a blended bag so far in that the guests have been largely outplayed within the One-day International collection earlier than they got here again to win the Twenty20 International collection. As the showdown of a four-match Border-Gavaskar Test collection attracts close to, India’s assets are replenished with Test specialists in Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane at the same time as uncertainty looms over the participation of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will probably be missed after the primary Test as a result of his paternity depart.
India tasted nice success on their final tour, in 2018-19, successful their first ever Test collection on Australia soil however with a caveat. Australia have been lacking Steve Smith and David Warner because the duo had been serving their year-long bans for ball-tampering.
With Smith again and among the many runs since comeback, the problem turns into that a lot troublesome for India, who’ve received solely 28 out of the 98 Tests they’ve performed in opposition to Australia, dropping 42.
In Australia, although, India have received solely seven of their 48 Tests and misplaced 29.
With the exception of the 2018-19 collection, India didn’t win a Test in two of their final three Test excursions to Australia.
In 2014-15 the guests misplaced 2-Zero that got here after a humiliating 4-Zero drubbing in 2011-12.
Indians will take solace from the truth that they’d received the final time they performed a Test in Adelaide – the primary of the 2018-19 collection.
However, that recreation wasn’t a day-night affair just like the Test beginning on Thursday and Australia, who’ve received all 5 of their day-night Tests, have extra expertise of floodlit Tests than India’s one – a win over Bangladesh in Kolkata final yr.
Among the batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar has scored essentially the most Test runs for India in Australia – 1809 at 53.20 with six centuries from 20 Tests.
Virat Kohli is second to Tendulkar with 1274 runs at 55.39 from 12 Tests.
Kapil Dev holds the report for many wickets by an Indian in Australia in Tests. He has 51 wickets to his title from 11 Tests.
Kohli is tied with Tendulkar for many Test centuries for India in Australia – six. Four of Kohli’s six lots of got here on the 2014-15 tour alone.
Kapil Dev holds the report for essentially the most five-wicket hauls in Tests for India in Australia (5). Anil Kumble has 4 five-wicket hauls in Australia together with a 10-for.
India’s highest complete in Australia is 705 for 7 declared within the 2004 Sydney Test the place Tendulkar hit 241 not out.
Their lowest complete is 58 all out in Brisbane in November 1947.
India’s largest margin of victory (by runs) is the 222-run win in Melbourne in 1977 whereas their narrowest victory got here in Adelaide on the final tour the place they received by 31 runs.
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The highest partnership for India in Australia got here within the Sydney Test of 2004 when Tendulkar and VVS Laxman added 353 runs for the fourth wicket.
The most dismissals for India as wicket-keeper in Australia have been executed by MS Dhoni – 35 dismissals (31 catches, 4 stumpings).
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