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Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21
 
  Australia India
Dates 27 November 2020 – 19 January 2021
Captains Tim Paine (Tests)
Aaron Finch (ODIs & T20Is)		 Virat Kohli[n 1]
Test series
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series

The India cricket team are currently touring Australia from November 2020 to January 2021 to play four Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The Test series will form part of the inaugural 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship and the ODI series will form part of the inaugural 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[3][4] In February 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that they wanted to play one of the Test matches as a day/night fixture.[5] On 22 October 2020, the tour was approved by the NSW Government,[6] with Sydney and Canberra confirmed as the hosts of the limited overs matches.[7] Four days later, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[8] On 9 November 2020, the BCCI announced that India's captain Virat Kohli had been granted paternity leave, and would leave the tour after the first Test match,[9] with Ajinkya Rahane leading the team in Kohli's absence.[10]

Background

In April 2020, Kevin Roberts, CEO of Cricket Australia looked at "creative" solutions for the tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] These included the possibility of playing five Test matches instead of four,[12] and to play all the Test matches behind closed doors at the Adelaide Oval.[13] The Australian government was also looking at applying international travel exemptions to allow the tour to happen.[14] The following month, the BCCI confirmed that they were willing to put players in a two-week quarantine period to ensure that the tour goes ahead.[15][16] Kevin Roberts later added that there is a "nine out of 10" chance of the tour taking place.[17][18] The Test series was scheduled to start in December 2020, with the first Test in Brisbane.[19] The ODI series was scheduled to start in January 2021.[20] On 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed all of the fixtures for the series.[21][22] The following day, Kevin Roberts stated that the number of Test venues could be reduced to one or two grounds, depending on any travel restrictions imposed due to the virus.[23]

Originally, the tour was also going to start with three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, commencing on 11 October 2020, ahead of the then scheduled 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[1] However, in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed until 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24] As a result, the T20I matches were postponed,[25] after they clashed with the revised fixtures for the 2020 Indian Premier League.[26] Despite a lockdown in Melbourne in August 2020, Cricket Australia said they would do everything they can to ensure the Boxing Day Test goes ahead as planned.[27][28] Cricket Australia were also looking at a revised schedule for the tour, including playing all the limited-overs matches before the Test series.[29] On 20 August 2020, Sourav Ganguly, president of the BCCI, said that India's senior men's team would travel to Australia to fulfil their Future Tours Programme (FTP) commitments.[30]

In September 2020, Cricket Australia were looking at further contingency plans for the tour, including moving venues if needed, and the possibility of replacing the Test match in Brisbane with white-ball fixtures.[31] In October 2020, an updated tour itinerary was published, with the ODIs taking place in Brisbane, the T20Is taking place in Adelaide, and the day/night Test match also taking place in Adelaide.[32] Cricket Australia also confirmed that the Sydney Cricket Ground and the Manuka Oval in Canberra were part of their contingency plan to host the limited overs matches of the tour.[33][34]

In October 2020, plans began to emerge to allow crowds back into venues, with Australia slowly coming out of COVID-19 restrictions.[35] The following month, Cricket Australia confirmed the ground capacities for each match on the tour,[36] with the possibility of more tickets being made available closer to the start of each match.[37]

Squads

Tests ODIs T20Is
 Australia[38]  India[39]  Australia[40]  India[41]  Australia[42]  India[43]

On 26 October 2020, India named their squad for the tour, with Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel and T. Natarajan named as additional bowlers to travel with the team.[44] Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma were not named in India's squads, after both players suffered injuries during the 2020 Indian Premier League.[45] K. L. Rahul was named as the vice-captain of India for the limited overs matches, in place of Rohit Sharma.[46]

On 9 November 2020, the BCCI made several updates for the squads for the tour.[47] Virat Kohli was granted paternity leave to leave the squad after the first Test match,[48] and Rohit Sharma was added to India's Test squad for the tour.[49] T. Natarajan was added to India's T20I squad, replacing Varun Chakravarthy who was ruled out due to an injury,[50] and Sanju Samson was added to India's ODI squad as an extra wicket-keeper.[51] Kamlesh Nagarkoti, one of the four additional bowlers named for the tour, was also ruled out due to the management of his workload.[52] On 12 November 2020, the Indian squad arrived in Sydney to begin a two-week long quarantine period.[53]

Tour matches

Two three-day tour matches are scheduled to be played in Sydney.[54]

ODI series

1st ODI

27 November 2020
14:40 AEDT / 09:10 IST (D/N)
Scorecard
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2nd ODI

29 November 2020
14:40 AEDT / 09:10 IST (D/N)
Scorecard
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3rd ODI

2 December 2020
14:40 AEDT / 09:10 IST (D/N)
Scorecard
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T20I series

1st T20I

4 December 2020
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
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2nd T20I

6 December 2020
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
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3rd T20I

8 December 2020
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Test series

Main article: Border–Gavaskar Trophy

1st Test

17–21 December 2020
(D/N)
Scorecard
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2nd Test

3rd Test

4th Test

15–19 January 2021
Scorecard
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Notes

  1. ^ Ajinkya Rahane is scheduled to captain India for the last three Test matches.

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