Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25
The India cricket team is touring Australia from November 2024 to January 2025 to play the Australia cricket team.[1] The tour will consist of five Test matches and three first-class warm-up matches. The Test matches will 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]
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| Australia | India | ||
| Dates | 22 November 2024 – 7 January 2025 | ||
| Captains | Rohit Sharma | ||
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India had retained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after defeating Australia 2–1 in the previous series in 2023.[7][8]
Venues
editCricket 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
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India named an 18-member squad for the test series along with Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khaleel Ahmed as travelling reserves.[11]
Tour matches
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| Date | 31 October 2024 – 10 November 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads
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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.[12] 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.[13]
India 'A' are playing 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 will be 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.[14] On 3 November 2024, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel were added to the squad for the second unofficial Test.[15][16]
After the completion of the 3rd Test between India and New Zealand, Indian wicket-keeper batsmen KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel were added to India A squad which was to play against Australia A on 7th of November in their final tour game.[17]
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 intentfully, 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.
2nd unofficial Test
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editControversies
editBall Tampering Allegations
editOn 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 intentfully, 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,” and added, “It is because of your actions we changed 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."
to which Kishan was heard replying
"Yes yes, 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 LIVE on stump-mic, on-field umpire Craig cautioned the Indian wicket-keeper with no further actions being taken.[19][20]
References
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- ^ "Men's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Tentative Schedule For India's Tour Of Australia 2024-25 Out, Perth Likely To Host 1st Test". OneCricket. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Cricket Australia announces venues for 5-match Test series against India". Times of Oman. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "MCG to host historic women's Ashes Test to mark 90-year anniversary of format". ESPNcricinfo. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "India win series 2-1 after fourth Test with Australia ends in a draw". The Guardian. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "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". www.cricket.com.au. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 14 October 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, Harshit Rana, Nitish Reddy picked for Australia Tests". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 25 October 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.
- ^ "KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel to play second India A match at MCG". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel added to India A squad, will play second unofficial Test: Reports". Cricket.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Rahul, Jurel to leave early for Australia and play second A game". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "India shelve intra-squad match in favour of training, centre-wicket". ESPNcricinfo. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "CA clarify ball change after Kishan, umpire exchange | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 3 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Kishan escapes dissent charge despite anger over ball change". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2024.