India Vs Australia: Team India depart for a gruelling tour Down Under to rewrite history

Indian cricket team on Wednesday departed for a two-month-long tour of Australia where it will aim to build on historic Test series win two years ago. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has posted an im where most of players who are a part of bilateral series can be seen posing ahead of a challenging tour Down Under. team will be accompanied by head coach Ravi Shastri.

In im, players can be seen sporting customised PPE kits for travel amid COVID-19 pandemic. majority of members of squad had participated in recently-concluded Dream11 IPL 2020. Meanwhile, national cricket board had captioned im as '#TeamIndia is BACK! Let's embrace new rmal'.

India tour of Australia 2020/21

India will kick off ir tour to Australia with a three-match ODI series starting on Friday, 27 vember, followed by as many T20Is and four Tests. T20Is will be played in Canberra (4 December) and Sydney (6, 8 December). 

final leg of India vs Australia 2020 series will see two sides play four Tests in  Test Series. Adelaide will play host to an iconic day-night Test between two countries, with series opener scheduled to begin from December 17.

Boxing Day Test will take place at Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26, before players go back to Sydney to play annual New Year's Test. That match is scheduled for January 7 to give players some additional rest between matches. final match of India vs Australia 2020 series will begin on January 15 at Gabba in Brisbane.

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Can India create history once again?

India had beaten Australia when y had toured Down Under during 2018-19 season by a  2-1 margin in four-match series to win ir maiden Test series on Australian soil.  It remains to be seen wher Virat Kohli-led side will succeed in retaining iconic Border-Gavaskar Trophy by getting better of a full-strength Australian side that features likes of Steve Smith, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, etc. 

However, Team India will have to rewrite history as Australia have never lost a pink-ball Test match. In fact, y have won all five of D/N Tests that y have played so far from vember 2015 and all those wins have come in ir own backyard. 

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