India taking on Australia in front of a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day is big. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
If India manage to win the Melbourne Test, they retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and make it three on the trot on Australian soil. Here's the predicted XIs, weather report and other details for the 4th IND vs AUS Test
India taking on Australia in front of a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day is big. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
🎃Well, in the fourth Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy that kicks off on Thursday, December 26, it gets bigger.
🧸The stakes for both teams are higher - with pride, series, and World Test Championship qualification on the line.
ﷺIf India manage to win the Melbourne Test, they retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and make it three on the trot on Australian soil.
🌠If Australia win the Test, the hosts keep the series alive, with so much to play for heading into Sydney - and all of the action is set to unfold in front of an expected 90,000 crowd.
ജAfter Ravichandran Ashwin’s shock retirement in the middle of the series, India have added Mumbai off spin-bowling all-rounder Tanush Kotian for the fourth and fifth Tests.
While Australia have named 19-year-old batting sensation Sam Konstas in the playing XI, with Scott Boland replacing the injured Josh Hazlewood.
꧑The hosts, who were sweating on Travis Head’s fitness, have deemed the 30-year-old fit to play.
"Trav's good to go, he'll play. He just kicked off some final things today and yesterday. But no worries about injury with Trav. He'll go into the game fully fit,” Pat Cummins was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au
Matches: 110
Australia wins: 46
India wins: 33
Drawn: 30
Tie: 1
India Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma, Nitish Kumar ♑Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
Australia XI:♐ Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
India:🤡 Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (Wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Tanush Kotian, Rishabh Pant (Wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.
Australia:﷽ Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Scott Boland, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Sam Konstas, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster
🌃According to recent performances and form, and with respect to the conditions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia start as favourites.