Australia, who took the series lead in the Boxing Day Test, will welcome India in the New Year’s Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The stakes are a spot in the World Test Championship Final.
India, who haven’t lost a Border-Gavaskar Trophy series since 2017, will try to win the trophy for the fourth time in a row and maintain their aspirations of making it to the WTC final, which will be held at Lord’s later in 2025.
The most recent match at the Sydney Cricket Ground took place in January 2024, where Australia triumphed over Pakistan by 8 wickets. Pat Cummins was the standout performer, taking 6 wickets, while Josh Hazlewood supported with 5 wickets in the match.
Most wickets in Sydney Cricket Ground
Jasprit Bumrah is just six wickets away from setting a new record, having already claimed 30 wickets in four Tests at an impressive economy rate of 2.72. Additionally, he needs only two more wickets to surpass Bishan Singh Bedi’s record for the most wickets by an Indian bowler in an overseas bilateral Test series.
Anil Kumble holds the record as the leading wicket-taker, claiming 20 wickets in five innings with an average of 32.95 and a strike rate of 56.30.
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| A Kumble | 3 | 5 | 659 | 20 | 8/141 | 32.95 | 3.51 | 56.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| EAS Prasanna | 2 | 4 | 223 | 12 | 4/51 | 18.58 | 1.93 | 57.75 | 2 | – | – |
| RJ Shastri | 2 | 4 | 219 | 10 | 4/45 | 21.9 | 1.82 | 72 | 2 | – | – |
| N Kapil Dev | 3 | 5 | 274 | 10 | 5/97 | 27.4 | 2.28 | 72.1 | – | 1 | – |
| NS Yadav | 1 | 2 | 118 | 8 | 5/99 | 14.75 | 1.23 | 71.62 | – | 1 | – |
