By Reuters Staff
Jan 5 (Reuters) – Factbox on the third test between Australia and India, which begins on Thursday:
WHEN?
Jan. 7-11 (1030 a.m. local/2330 GMT)
WHERE?
Sydney Cricket Ground (10,000 restricted capacity)
MATCH OFFICIALS (all Australian)
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford, Rod Tucker
Third umpire: Paul Reiffel
Match referee: David Boon
AUSTRALIA
World ranking: 1
Coach: Justin Langer
Captain: Tim Paine
Team (likely): Will Pucovski, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon.
INDIA
World ranking: 3
Coach: Ravi Shastri
Captain: Ajinkya Rahane
Team (likely): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
PREVIOUS SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND TESTS
1947 – Match drawn
1968 – Australia won by 144 runs
1978 – India won by an innings and two runs
1981 – Australia won by an innings and four runs
1986 – Match drawn
1992 – Match drawn
2000 – Australia won by an innings and 141 runs
2004 – Match drawn
2008 – Australia won by 122 runs
2012 – Australia won by an innings and 68 runs
2015 – Match drawn
2019 – Match drawn
RESULTS
First test (Adelaide): Australia won by eight wickets
Second test (Melbourne): India won by eight wickets
REMAINING FIXTURES
Jan. 15-19 Fourth test at the Gabba, Brisbane (1000 a.m. local/0000 GMT)read more
FACTBOX-Cricket-Australia v India, third test – Reuters India
