Australia vs India 2020-21: Full schedule, match timings, venues, squads and live streaming details.

The Australian summer kicks off with a blockbuster series against the Indians across all formats starting 27th November. The two sides will face-off in 3 ODI’s, 3 T20’s and 4 test matches in that order.

An important update regarding the crowd capacities of different stadiums which will host the matches has been provided. The Gabba will allow 75% crowd in the fourth test match, 25,000 fans at the MCG for each day and a capacity of 50% in the test matches at Adelaide and Sydney. Sydney again and Canberra, operating at 50% crowd attendance for limited-overs cricket. Tickets for the ODI’s and T20’s went on sale this friday and five out of the six matches have already been sold out.

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India will miss the services of Rohit in limited overs and Virat for the last three tests. For Australia, Kane Richardson has been replaced by Andrew Tye in the limited-over games. A lot of the players who are a part of the squad might get opportunities in the ODI’s and T20’s considering both teams would like to save their players for the longest format and also because the second and third T20s clash with the first three-day tour match.

Schedule

Dettol ODI series Australia vs India

First ODI: November 27th, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 9:10 am IST.

Second ODI: November 29th, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 9:10 am IST.

Third ODI: December 2nd, Manuka Oval, 9:10 am IST.

Dettol T20 international series Australia vs India

First T20: December 4th, Manuka Oval, 1:40 pm IST.

Second T20: December 6th, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 1:40 pm IST.

Third T20: December 8th, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 1:40 pm IST.

Tour Matches

Australia ‘A’ vs India ‘A’, December 6-8, Drummoyne Oval.

Australia ‘A’ vs Indians, December 11-13, Sydney Cricket Ground, pink ball test. (D/N)

Vodafone Test Series Australia vs India (Border-Gavaskar Trophy)

First Test: December 17-21, Adelaide Oval, 9:30 am IST, Pink ball test. (D/N)

Second Test: December 26-30, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), 5 am IST.

Third Test: January 7-11, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), 5 am IST.

Fourth Test: January 15-19, Gabba, 5:30 am IST.

Squads

Australia ODI and T20 squad: –

Aaron Finch (c), Pat Cummins (vc), Steven Smith, David Warner, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Andrew Tye, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Adam Zampa.

India ODI squad: –

Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul (wk and vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur.

India T20 squad: –

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

Australia Test Squad: –

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

India Test Squad: –

Virat Kohli (c) (first test only), Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj.

* Ishant likely to be available for tests.

Key highlights

  • Western Australia all-rounder Cameron Green named in Australia’s limited overs and test squad at the back of some impressive form in Sheffield shield, Henriques earns first call-up in three years.
  • Natarajan replaces injured Varun Chakravarthy in the T20 squad.
  • Virat to return home after the first test on paternity leave.
  • Ishant to be added in test squad once he undergoes rehab at NCA.
  • Rohit called-up for tests, Samson included in the ODI squad as back-up wicketkeeper.
  • Australia name five uncapped players in Pucovski, Green, Abbott, Swepson and Neser for tests.

Live Streaming Details: –

All matches will be produced by FOX and broadcasted by SONY on their channels in India. SONYliv will be streaming the match live on its app and Cricket Australia who have partnered with LIVEnow, will broadcast their games in seventy different countries across mainland Europe and Asia. The warm-up games will be streaming on Cricket Australia’s website and app.

It is going to be a mouth-watering battle between two world-class sides and we cannot wait! Do comment your series predictions below : )

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