The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced that India’s upcoming tour of Australia will be the last of the traditional four-match Test series as part of the Border-Gavaskar series. Since 2003/04, when India traveled to Australia, the Border–Gavaskar Trophy has been a four-match Test series, with the 2010/11 competition being a two-match Test series. The last time there was a five test series was also in 1991/92.
“This will also be the last edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which will be a 4-match Test series,” read the BCCI statement.
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However, earlier this year, in August, the ICC released the men’s FTP cycle for 2023-27, which also included two sets of five-match series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the upcoming ICC World Test Championship cycles. And, according to the FTP, Australia will host India for the first five-match Border-Gavaskar series in the 2023-25 ​​WTC cycle as well, and then tour in the 2025-27 cycle as well. Meanwhile, the BCCI also announced the squad for the first two matches of the four-Test series against Australia, starting on February 9.
Rohit Sharma, who missed India’s series win over Bangladesh in December due to a thumb injury, is now back to lead the Test team. Batsmen Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan have earned their maiden Test call-ups, while Jasprit Bumrah, who has been nursing a back injury, and Rishabh Pant, who recently suffered multiple injuries in a car accident, have been included in the squad. was not included. Ravindra Jadeja’s inclusion in the Test team also depends on fitness.
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Indian squad for the first two Tests in Australia: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat Suryakumar Yadav.
