- By Namrata Vijay
- Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:44 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024: India will lock horns with Australia for the series opener in Perth, which will be held on Friday, and being fully aware that winning this series will only help them inch closer to qualifying for the 2025 World Test Championship final. After suffering a humiliating home Test series to New Zealand by 3-0, the Men in Blue will aim to make a brilliant comeback against Australia in one of their toughest Test series till now.
At the same time, the Pat Cummins-led side will aim to take revenge after losing two consecutive Test series in their backyard and four in total.
As both teams gear up for the highly-awaited clash, let's take a look at the head-to-head records between them:
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IND vs AUS: Head-to-head stats in Tests in Australia:
Matches: 52
Australia wins: 30
India wins: 9
Drawn: 13
Last result: India won by three wickets (Brisbane; January 2021)
Last five results: IND won - 2; AUS won - 1, Draw - 2
Most runs in IND vs AUS Tests in Australia:
| Batter | Matches | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 50s/100s |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 15 | 1893 | 86.04 | 257 | 7/7 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 20 | 1809 | 53.20 | 241* | 7/6 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 13 | 1352 | 54.08 | 169 | 4/6 |
Most wickets in IND vs AUS Tests in Australia:
| Bowler | Matches | Wickets | Average | BBI | Strike Rate |
| Nathan Lyon (AUS) | 15 | 60 | 37.11 | 7/152 | 74.6 |
| Kapil Dev (IND) | 11 | 51 | 24.58 | 8/106 | 61.5 |
| Anil Kumble (IND) | 10 | 49 | 37.73 | 8/141 | 65.3 |
India vs Australia 1st Test Full Squads:
India: Jasprit Bumrah (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant (WK), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar
Australia: Pat Cummins (C), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (WK), Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (WK), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc
