IND vs AUS LIVE – WTC Race to FINALS – Indian Team PRACTICE underway: India vs Australia MEGA BATTLE starts this week. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team has started practice at the match venue. Coach Rahul Dravid had given WEEK-OFF to the Team on Sunday. The hosts moves today to the new VCA Stadium in Jamtha for training before the 1st TEST. The camp, thus far, was held at the Old VCA stadium in the city. India needs to win the TEST SERIES to qualify for World Test Championship FINALS: Follow IND AUS 1ST TEST LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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What India Require to Qualify for WTC Finals? WTC standings and run to the Final
What Australia needs to Qualify for WTC Final? Australia sit at the top of the current ICC World Test Championship standings with a points percentage of 75.56. They are primed for a spot in the WTC Final to be played at The Oval later this year.
India are placed second with 58.93 percentage points, closely followed by Sri Lanka on 53.33 and South Africa in fourth on 48.72.
Australia are well-placed to qualify for the WTC Final regardless of the series result against India.
What India needs to Qualify for WTC Final? India need positive results in the upcoming series. This means they can’t afford a defeat in the series. Also they will require, New Zealand to beat Sri Lanka in their two-match series in March.
A 4-0 series win for India would help India attain a points percentage of 68.06. This is likely to be enough for a crucial top-two finish in the WTC standings.
- Australia and India, currently ranked No.1 and 2 respectively in both the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings.
- The first Test will be played in Nagpur between February 9 and 13.
- The two teams faced-off in 50 Tests across 12 series between 1947-48 and 1991-92, after which the trophy was named to honour the two legends Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border.
- India and Australia first played for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1996-97.
- India are the current holders of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, having won the series held in Australia in 2020-21.
India’s Test squad for the first two Tests against Australia: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
Australia Test squad for tour of India: Pat Cummins (captain), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.
India vs Australia SERIES RECORD
India and Australia have played in 27 Test series since their first meeting in 1947-48. Australia lead the way with 12 series wins to India’s 10, while five series have been drawn.
India have hosted Australia in 14 Test series and hold an 8-4 lead, with two of the series being drawn.
Eight of these Test series in India have been played for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with the hosts holding a 7-1 series lead in that time and a 16-5 win-loss ratio across the 25 Tests on their home soil.
Australia’s lone series win in India in that period came in 2004-05 – by a 2-1 margin. The visitors won two of the first three Tests in the four-match series under Adam Gilchrist with regular skipper Ricky Ponting sidelined.
India have won each of the last three Test series played between the two sides: at home in 2016-17, and away in 2018-19 and 2020-21.
India v Australia – Head to Head
Matches: 102
Won by India: 30 (29.41 percent)
Won by Australia: 43 (42.15 percent)
Drawn: 28
Tied: 1
Form guide (most recent first)
Australia: D, W, W, W, W, L, W, W, D, D
India: W, W, L, W, W, L, L, W, W, D
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