India vs Australia: Delhi likely to host a Test after five years
When Australia travels to India for the Border-Gavaskar series. Delhi will get the opportunity to host a Test match after more than five years. Cummins-led Australia will travel to India for the highly-anticipated series. Is all set to be held in February-March next year.
Venues for the game of India vs Australia
Along with Delhi, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala, and Chennai are the other three cities. Which will host the remaining Test matches. The World Test Championship (WTC) cycle’s second installment will conclude with these four games for India and making the series crucial. In fact, India may need to defeat Australia 4-0 in order to advance to the top match. Which could be a herculean job for Rohit Sharma’s team. Normally a four-Test series, it will be split up into five games starting in 2024 as part of the ICC Future Tours & Programme (FTP).
Domestic Hosting After Covid-19
The two years of the COVID-19 epidemic prevented Delhi from participating in the BCCI’s rotation mechanism. But it is now to receive one of the Test matches. In December 2017, the city last hosted a Test match against Sri Lanka. “As of this now, Delhi is most likely to host the second of the four Test matches. As soon as the Tours and Fixtures committee holds its meeting, the dates will be released. The third Test would likely be held in Dharamsala. Which staged its first and only Test against Australia in March 2017 “On the condition of anonymity, a senior BCCI official disclosed.
Previously a Test match against Sri Lanka earlier this year was at Bengaluru
Australia is likely to begin the series in Chennai or Hyderabad. That test was day/night. The series finale is to take place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The four Tests will take place during the day or at night has not decided by the authority. Three pink-ball Tests so far in BCCI venues. The country’s first one against Bangladesh another at Eden Gardens. The second, against England, at Motera. Whereas, third against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru.
Post the COVID-19-induced break, the BCCI has hosted eight Test matches with four against England in 2021 (Chennai and Ahmedabad), two against New Zealand (Kanpur and Mumbai) and two against Sri Lanka (Chandigarh and Bengaluru).
