All You need to know about India Tour of Australia 2020/21

After 8 months of break due to the pandemic, India are on tour for a two-month long Australia series. They will play three ODIs, three T20Is and 4 test matches. The tour will start with limited-overs leg from November 27 and the tour will conclude on January 19 with test matches. 

Schedule: 

ODI series:

1st ODI: November 27, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 9:10 AM IST

2nd ODI: November 29, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 9:10 AM IST

3rd ODI: December 2, Manuka Oval, 9:10 AM IST

T20I series:

1st T20I: December 4, Manuka Oval, 1:40 PM IST

2nd T20I: December 6, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 1:40 PM IST

3rd T20I: December 8, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 1:40 PM IST

Practice Matches: 

1st Practice match: Dec 6, Australia A vs India A, Drummoyne Oval, Sydney, 5:00 am IST 

2nd Practice match (Day-night): Dec 11, Australia A vs India, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 9:30 am IST

Test series:

1st Test (Day-Night): December 17-21, Adelaide Oval, 9:30 AM IST

2nd Test: December 26-30, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), 5:00 AM IST

3rd Test: January 7-11, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 5:00 AM IST

4th Test: January 15-19, Gabba, 5:30 AM IST

Where to Watch ?

The series will be broadcasted live on Sony Six and on Sony LIV App in India.

Interesting Facts:

1. For the 1st time since 2014, India will play 3 consecutive test matches without Virat Kohli against Australia in Australia. 

2. For the 1st time, Tim Paine will be leading

Australia in the presence of Steve Smith in the team against India.

3. Kl Rahul was dropped during the previous Australian tour and now he will be making a comeback. He is also the vice-captain of India's white-ball team.

Squads:

Australia T20I and ODI squad: Aaron Finch (C), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Daniel Sams, Andrew Tye and Adam Zampa.

India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami.

India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami.

Australia Test Squad: Tim Paine (C), Sean Abbott, Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Swepson.

India Test squad: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Rishabh Pant, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami.