By Reuters Staff
Dec 11 (Reuters) – Factbox on the test series between
Australia and India, which begins in Adelaide on Dec. 17:
FIXTURES
First test Dec. 17-21 Adelaide 2:30 p.m. (0400 GMT)
Second test Dec. 26-30 Melbourne 10:30 a.m. (2330 GMT)
Third test Jan. 7-11 Sydney 10:30 a.m. (2330 GMT)
Fourth test Jan. 15-19 Brisbane 10:00 a.m. (0000 GMT)
AUSTRALIA
World ranking: 1
Captain: Tim Paine
Coach: Justin Langer
Top ranked batsman: Steve Smith (1)
Top ranked bowler: Pat Cummins (1)
Squad: Tim Paine, Sean Abbott, Joe Burns, Pat Cummins,
Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne,
Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski,
Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade,
David Warner.
INDIA
World ranking: 3
Captain: Virat Kohli
Coach: Ravi Shastri
Top ranked batsman: Virat Kohli (2)
Top ranked bowler: Jasprit Bumrah (9)
Squad: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi
Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma
Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit
Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep
Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj.
TEST HEAD-TO-HEAD
Matches: 98
Australia wins: 42
India wins: 28
Draws: 27
Tied: 1
LAST THREE SERIES
2014-15 Australia beat India 2-0 in Australia
2016-17 India beat Australia 2-1 in India
2018-19 India beat Australia 2-1 in Australia
(Compiled by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford
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