Published 19:31 IST, November 12th 2020

India Vs Australia: Team India land Down Under for upcoming two-month extravaganza

Team India reached Australia on Thursday for a gruelling two-month long bilateral series that gets underway on November 27. They had landed in Sydney

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Indian cricket team arrived in Sydney on Thursday for much-anticipated all-format series against Australia.

'Hello Australia!'

Taking to micro-blogging site, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has posted a few ims of some of players coming out from airport after having landed Down Under. players include likes of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, young speedster Navdeep Saini, promising wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson, etc. 

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national cricket board went on to caption im as 'Hello Australia! #TeamIndia is here!'

India tour of Australia 2020/21

India kicked 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). 

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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. 

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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. 

READ: Rohit Sharma Comes Up With A Quirky Reply For Critics After Mumbai Rewrite History

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19:31 IST, November 12th 2020