Australia vs India, 2nd Test: Stats Preview – India’s tour of Australia 2020-21
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The hosts Australia and the visitors India will face each other in the second game of the four-match Test series at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne), which will begin on Boxing Day 2020.

At present, Australia are leading this Test series by the 1-0 margin. While they played the opening game of this series at Adelaide, which was also a day/night Test, the hosts won that match by 8 wickets after thrashing the visitors in the second innings.

Australia vs India, 2nd Test: Stats Preview

Venue stats (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne)

Average totals in overall and each Test innings

Overall

Overall 1st innings 2nd innings 3rd innings 4th innings
271.81 312.16 311.77 256.30 174.76

In last 5 Tests

Overall 1st innings 2nd innings 3rd innings 4th innings
309.89 446.20 337 175.80 261
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(Note: Only excluded officially incomplete innings)

Australia and India – Test records at this venue

Team Matches Won Lost Tied Draw Win%
Australia 112 64 31 0 17 57.14
India 13 3 8 0 1 23.08

 

Teams stats

Australia vs India: Head-to-Head Test records

Stats Total Tests Australia Won India Won Tied Draw
Overall 99 43 28 1 27
In Boxing Day Tests 8 5 1 0 2
In the last 10 Tests 10 3 4 0 3
In Australia 49 30 7 0 12
In last 5 Tests in Australia 5 2 2 0 1
At Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne) 13 8 3 0 2

Forms of Australia and India in last 5 Tests

Team Won Lost Tied Draw
Australia 5 0 0 0
India 2 3 0 0
  • India suffered defeats in all their last three Tests, which all they played at the away venues.
  • Australia won all their last six Tests. Their last Test defeat was The Oval Test in September 2019 where the hosts England won by 135 runs.
  • After India tour of Australia 2018/19 summer, Australia have won all their 8 home Tests. So, their last home Test defeat was against Men in Blue at Melbourne which was started on 2018 Boxing Day. After that 137 runs defeat at Melbourne, the Baggy Green drew the next Test at Sydney and then they have achieved the ongoing 8 successive home Test victories.

 

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Players’ stats

(Australia)

Nathan Lyon – 200 Test wickets at home

Nathan Lyon, Australia, India, Stats, 2nd Test
Nathan Lyon (Credits: Twitter)

i) The off-spinner Nathan Lyon (192 wickets) needs eight more wickets to complete his 200 Test wickets at home. He will be fifth Australian bowler and second Aussie spinner (after Shane Warne 319 Test wickets at home) to claim 200 Test wickets at home.

– 400 Test wickets

i) Nathan Lyon has taken 391 Test wickets. With 9 more wickets, Lyon will become the third Australian bowler to claim 400 Test wickets. Only the former Aussie leg-spinner Shane Warne (708 wickets) and the former Aussie right-arm pacer Glenn McGrath (563 wickets) reached that feat.

Mitchell Starc – 250 Test wickets

Mitchell Starc, Australia, India, Stats, 2nd Test
Mitchell Starc (Image Credit: Getty Images)

i) The left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc (248 wickets) is two wickets away to complete his 250 Test wickets. After their former left-arm pacer Mitchell Johnson (313 wickets), Starc will be the second left-arm Australian bowler to pick-up 250 Test wickets.

(India)

Umesh Yadav – 150 Test wickets

Umesh Yadav, Australia, India, Stats, 2nd Test
Umesh Yadav (Credit – BCCI)

i) The right-arm fast bowler Umesh Yadav has already picked up 147 Test wickets. He is three wickets away to become the sixth Indian pacer to claim 150 Test wickets.