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VCA Stadium PITCH Report: India vs Australia 1st TEST starts Thursday, Check Nagpur Test PITCH Report, India Record in Nagpur, IND AUS H2H & Follow IND vs AUS LIVE

VCA Stadium PITCH Report: India vs Australia 1st TEST starts Thursday, Check Nagpur Test PITCH Report, India Record in Nagpur, IND AUS H2H & Follow IND vs AUS LIVE

VCA Stadium PITCH Report: Team India and Australia are gearing up for an exciting four-match Test series with VCA Stadium playing host to the opening match. India vs Australia 1st TEST gets underway on Thursday, February 9th. The Test series will also be of great importance for India as they look to punch their ticket […]

VCA Stadium PITCH Report: Team India and Australia are gearing up for an exciting four-match Test series with VCA Stadium playing host to the opening match. India vs Australia 1st TEST gets underway on Thursday, February 9th. The Test series will also be of great importance for India as they look to punch their ticket to the World Test Championship (WTC) finals. Ahead of the exciting encounter, we take a look at the VCA Stadium PITCH report, India’s Record in Nagpur and IND AUS H2H record.  Follow IND vs AUS LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN

IND AUS Nagpur PITCH REPORT: India vs Australia 1st TEST starts on 9th February, Check PITCH REPORT VCA Stadium, INDIA Test Record in Nagpur & Follow LIVE Updates

VCA Stadium PITCH Report: India vs Australia 1st TEST starts Thursday, Check Nagpur Test PITCH Report, India Record in Nagpur, IND AUS H2H & Follow IND vs AUS LIVE

VCA Stadium PITCH Report The pitch at Vidarbha Cricket Association is pacer friendly and assists fast bowlers in pace and movement. However, the last test played at this stadium in 2017 saw spinners dominating the match. During India vs SriLanka match the spinners took 13 wickets in total.

Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 8 wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja picked up 5 wickets as India won the match by an innings and 239 runs. It’s been six years since that very match and it will be interesting to see what the surface has to offer this time around.

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IND vs AUS: India’s  Record in Nagpur

Team India has an impressive record in the longest format of the game at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) in Nagpur. So far India has played a total of six matches at this very venue with India winning four matches.

One match ended with a draw, while in 2010 South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs. The last meeting between both teams at this venue was in 2008 and India went on to win the match by 172 runs.

VCA Stadium PITCH Report: India vs Australia 1st TEST starts Thursday, Check Nagpur Test PITCH Report, India Record in Nagpur, IND AUS H2H & Follow IND vs AUS LIVE

IND AUS H2H: Speaking of the overall IND AUS H2H record, the Aussies have dominated the Indians so far. In the total of 102 matches, Australia has won 42 runs, while India has won just 30 matches so far. 28 matches ended with a draw. 1 match ended with a tied.

IND AUS Test series schedule

  • IND vs AUS 1st Test: February 9-13 in Nagpur
  • IND vs AUS 2ndTest: February 17-21 in Delhi
  • IND vs AUS 3rd Test: March 1-5 in Dharamshala
  • IND vs AUS 4th Test: March 9-13 in Ahmedabad

IND vs AUS squad

India squad for first two Tests: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav

Australia squad:  Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Peter Handscomb (wk), Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (VC), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

VCA Stadium PITCH Report: India vs Australia 1st TEST starts Thursday, Check Nagpur Test PITCH Report, India Record in Nagpur, IND AUS H2H & Follow IND vs AUS LIVE

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