India now face Australia in four Test matches Down Under.
The much-anticipated series can go a long way to deciding qualification for the World Test Championship final at Lord’s in 2021.
We will give you everything you need to know for betting on this series. Our match previews will have free cricket tips, team news and the latest odds.
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The first Test will be held in Adelaide before trips to Melbourne, Syndey and Brisbane.
The teams will play four Test matches across December and January.
1st Test: Thursday, 17 December 2020
Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Start Time: 09:30 (IST), 04:00 (GMT)
2nd Test: Friday, 25 December 2020
Venue: MCG, Melbourne
Start Time: 04:00 next day (IST), 22:30 (GMT)
3rd Test: Wednesday, 6 January 2020
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Start Time: 04:00 next day (IST), 22:30 (GMT)
4th Test: Friday, 15 January 2020
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Start Time: 05:30 (IST), 00:00 (GMT)
Virat Kohli will only play in the first Test before returning home to be with his pregnant wife.
Rohit Sharma should overcome hamstring trouble to feature in the last two Tests.
India have also brought KL Rahul back into the Test fold for the first time since being dropped from the last tour Down Under in 2018-19.
He is joined in the squad by KKR’s Kuldeep Yadav as well as RCB duo Mohammed Siraj and Navdeep Saini.
Prithvi Shaw is available but Ravindra Jadeja is unlikely to be fit for the first Test after he picked up a hamstring injury and concussion during the T20I series opener.
Australia will have to wait on the fitness of opener David Warner. He missed the end of the white-ball series but could return for these Test battles.
Bowler Pat Cummins will return for this series after being rested for the T20I matches that came before.
Batsman Will Pucovski and all-rounder Cameron Green have been included in the squad along with leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and all-rounders Michael Neser and Sean Abbott.
| Australia | India |
|---|---|
| Tim Paine (captain) | Virat Kohli (captain) |
| Steven Smith | Mayank Agarwal |
| Joe Burns | Prithvi Shaw |
| Sean Abbott | KL Rahul |
| Pat Cummins | Cheteshwar Pujara |
| Marnus Labuschagne | Ajinkya Rahane |
| Cameron Green | Hanuma Vihari |
| Josh Hazlewood | Shubman Gill |
| Travis Head | Wriddhiman Saha |
| Nathan Lyon | Rishabh Pant |
| Michael Neser | Jasprit Bumrah |
| James Pattinson | Mohammed Shami |
| Will Pucovski | Umesh Yadav |
| Mitchell Starc | Navdeep Saini |
| David Warner | Kuldeep Yadav |
| Matthew Wade | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | |
| Mohammed Siraj | |
| Rohit Sharma |
Australia are short-priced favourites to win the four-match test series on home soil. They can be backed at 1.4 with bet365.
India can be backed at 5.5 with the same betting site. A drawn series is also priced at 5.5.
There are bigger prices available if you can predict the correct overall series score.
Australia are going to be tough to crack for Virat Kohli’s men but their price isn’t that appealing from a betting point of view.
However, backing them to win by the right scoreline does up their odds. A 4-0 clean sweep is priced at 6.0 with bet365, 3-1 to the hosts is 5.0 and 3-0 is 9.0.
A 2-2 drawn series can be backed at 7.0 and an unlikely 3-1 India win is 12.0. 4-0 to India is available at 51.0, also with bet365.
Cheteshwar Pujara relished the Australian conditions the last time India played there. He has to be considered when looking for India’s top series batsman.
He hit three centuries in the previous tour, including a 193 in Sydney, and showed he is in decent nick with a half-century in a warm-up match against Australia A.
With Virat Kohli heading home after the first Test and questions over the fitness of Rohit Sharma, Pujara looks a good bet to be his country’s main man with the bat.
He can be backed at 3.0 with bet365 to be his team’s top series batsman.
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The Test series between Australia and India will take place from 17 December 2020 to 19 January 2021.
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