Amid COVID19 Crisis, Cricket Australia Announces Schedule of India Tour!

The Indian Cricket team is set to play its first-ever away day-night Test match. Cricket Australia announced a four- test series against India on Thursday. It also announced an inaugural Test against Afghanistan. 

Here is the complete list of the schedule: 

T20I Series against West Indies

Australia v West Indies at Riverway Stadium, Townsville (October 4)

Australia v West Indies at Cazaly’s Stadium Cairns (October 6)

Australia v West Indies at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast (October 9)

T20I Series against India

Australia v India at the Gabba, Brisbane (October 11)

Australia v India at Manuka Oval, Canberra (October 14)

Australia v India at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (October 17)

One-off Test against Afghanistan

Australia v Afghanistan at Perth Stadium, Perth (November 21-25)

Test Series against India

Australia v India at the Gabba, Brisbane (December 3- 7)

Australia v India at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (December 11 - 15)

Australia v India at the MCG, Melbourne (December 26 - 30)

Australia v India at the SCG, Sydney (January 3 - 7)

ODI Series against India

Australia v India at Perth Stadium, Perth (January 12)

Australia v India at the MCG, Melbourne (January 15)

Australia v India at the SCG, Sydney (January 17)

ODI Series against New Zealand

Australia v New Zealand ODI at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (January 26)

Australia v New Zealand ODI at Manuka Oval, Canberra (January 29)

Australia v New Zealand ODI at Blundstone Arena, Hobart (January 31)

One-off T20I against New Zealand

Australia v New Zealand T20 at the SCG, Sydney (February 2)

India is set to tour Australia for this three- match T20 international series before the ICC T20 World Cup. The first match is scheduled to be played on October 11 in Birsbane, followed by the second T20I on October 14 in Canberra and the last one on October 17 at Adelaide Oval. 

Former Australian skipper Ian Chappel told the media that Australia’s plan of playing a day- night Test against India “may backfire.”

In a column for ESPNcricinfo he told that "Cricket Australia is contemplating two day-night Tests for the 2020-21 Indian tour. However, if that ploy is meant to advantage Australia, it may backfire as India have a strong attack and (Virat) Kohli has already shown he's adept at captaincy in this part of the world.”

India played its first-ever-pink-ball Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last month and won against Bangladesh. After the victory, when Virat Kohli was asked about the possibilities of playing a Day/ Night Test during the Australia tour next year, he replied that the Indian team is open to anything as long as there was a practice match under lights.