Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25 should not be confused with India women's cricket team in Australia in 2024–25.
| Series Name: | Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Australia |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of India.svg |
| Team2 Name: | India |
| From Date: | 22 November 2024 |
| To Date: | 7 January 2025 |
| Team1 Captain: | Pat Cummins |
| Team2 Captain: | Rohit Sharma |
| No Of Tests: | 5 |
| Other Titles: | Border–Gavaskar Trophy |
The India cricket team is touring Australia from November 2024 to January 2025 to play five Test matches and three first-class warm-up matches against the Australia cricket team.[1] The Test matches 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]
India had retained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after defeating Australia 2–1 in the previous series in 2023.[7] [8]
Cricket 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
India named an 18-member squad for the test series along with Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khaleel Ahmed as travelling reserves.[12]
On 17 November, Shubman Gill was ruled out of the first Test with a fractured thumb of his left hand, during the intra-squad training match at the WACA.[13] [14] On 20 November, Devdutt Padikkal, who was a part of the India A squad and was asked to stay back as cover with a few injury scares due to several batsmen getting blows during the practice match with India A, was added to the main squad.[15] Additionally, Yash Dayal was added to the list of travelling reserves as a replacement for the injured Khaleel Ahmed.[16]
On 27 November, Beau Webster was added into the Australian squad for injury fears.[17] [18] On 30 November, Sean Abbott and Brendan Doggett were added into the Australian squad for the second Test as injury replacement for Josh Hazlewood who was ruled out due to side strain.[19] [20]
| Series: | India A Tour of Australia 2024 |
| Partof: | India Tour of Australia 2024–25 |
| Date: | 31 October 2024 – 10 November 2024 |
| Place: |  Australia |
| Team1: | Australia A |
| Team2: | India A |
| Captain1: | Nathan McSweeney |
| Captain2: | Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| Result: | Australia A won the series 2–0 |
| Runs1: | Nathan McSweeney (166) Beau Webster (145) |
| Runs2: | Devdutt Padikkal (151) Dhruv Jurel (148) |
| Wickets1: | Brendan Doggett (7) Beau Webster (7) |
| Wickets2: | Mukesh Kumar (11) Prasidh Krishna (10) |
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.[21] 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.[22]
India 'A' played 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 was 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.[23] On 3 November 2024, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel were added to the squad for the second unofficial Test.[24] [25]
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 intentionally, 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.[26] [27]