Border-Gavaskar trophy: Delhi prone to host India vs Australia Test match subsequent yr

Delhi can be internet hosting a Test match after greater than 5 years when Pat Cummins’ Australia journey to India for the high-profile Border-Gavaskar four-match collection in February-March subsequent yr.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 16, 2022 21:46 IST

Delhi prone to host India vs Australia Test match subsequent yr (Reuters)

By Press Trust of India: (PTI) Delhi can be internet hosting a Test match after greater than 5 years when Pat Cummins’ Australia journey to India for the high-profile Border-Gavaskar four-match collection in February-March subsequent yr. Three different centres that are strongly tipped to host the remaining Tests are Ahmedabad, Dharamsala and Chennai.

The collection can be essential as it will likely be the final 4 video games for India within the second version of the World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. In truth, as a way to qualify for the summit conflict, India may need to beat Australia 4-0, which might be a Herculean process for Rohit Sharma’s males.

The collection is historically a four-Test affair, however can be contested throughout 5 matches through the subsequent ICC Future Tours & Programme (FTP), beginning 2024. As per the BCCI’s rotation method, Delhi, which has missed out through the two years of COVID-19 pandemic, is all set to get one of many Test matches. The metropolis final hosted a Test in opposition to Sri Lanka in December, 2017.

“Delhi is likely to host the second of the four Test matches as of now. The dates will be out as and when the Tours and Fixtures committee hold its meeting. Dharamsala, which hosted its first and only Test almost six years back, against Australia in March, 2017, will probably host the third Test,” a senior BCCI official advised PTI on the situation of anonymity.

It is known that Australia, in all probability, will begin the collection in Chennai or Hyderabad, as Bengaluru had hosted a Test match in opposition to Sri Lanka earlier this yr. That was a day/night time Test. Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium is predicted to host the collection finale.

A call is but to taken on which of the 4 Tests can be a day/night time affair. The BCCI has thus far hosted three pink-ball Tests — the inaugural one within the nation in opposition to Bangladesh on the Eden Gardens, one in opposition to England at Motera and the final one was in opposition to Sri Lanka in Bengaluru.

Post the COVID-19-induced break, the BCCI has hosted eight Test matches with 4 in opposition to England in 2021 (Chennai and Ahmedabad ), two in opposition to New Zealand (Kanpur and Mumbai) and two in opposition to Sri Lanka (Chandigarh and Bengaluru).

Edited By:

Rounaq Sehrawat

Published On:

Nov 16, 2022