Australia Vs India 2020-21: Squads, Schedule, Venues, And Live Streaming Details

The Indian team has officially embarked on their two-month long tour of Australia as the Indian Premier League (IPL) concluded on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates. India will lock horns in three ODIs, three T20Is, and four Tests that starts with the first ODI in Sydney on the 27th of November. Their visit ends on the 19th of January in 2021.

In an extended squad to meet the demands of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the BCCI did opt for some surprise selections and omissions. Initially, the selectors did not name Rohit Sharma in any of the squad due to fitness issues; however, made it to the Test squad eventually. The party includes T Natarajan, who replaced Varun Chakravarthy in the T20I squad while Shubman Gill and Mohammad Siraj have received the nod in the Test team.

The most significant news regarding the same is that regular captain Virat Kohli will return home after playing three ODIs, three T20Is, and only one Test out of the four. The BCCI has granted the 32-year old paternity leave as he expects his first child in January. The BCCI has not named the one to take over the leadership duties in the absence of Virat with Rohit and Ajinkya Rahane being the contenders.

Australia also announced their squads for all three formats. The likes of Steve Smith and David Warner might miss the limited-over games to prepare themselves for the Test series and negate the stress of bio-secure bubble. Uncapped all-rounder Cameron Green earned a call-up to both Test and ODI squads as did Moises Henriques for white-ball cricket, having last played for Australian in 2017. The hosts have to play out of their skin to beat India, who are slightly depleted and unsettled as well.

Squads for Australia vs India 2020-21:

Australia T20I squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa.

Australia ODI squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa.

Australia Test squad: Tim Paine (c & wk), Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott, Joe Burns, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner.

India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul (vice-captain and keeper), Mayank Agarwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, T Natarajan, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Navdeep Saini, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar.

India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul (vice-captain and keeper), Mayank Agarwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Navdeep Saini, Sanju Samson, Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur.

India Test squad: Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Rishabh Pant, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha, Navdeep Saini, Rohit Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Umesh Yadav.

Schedule:

Australia vs India, 1st ODI, Sydney, 27th November – 9:10 am IST

Australia vs India, 2nd ODI, Sydney, 29th November – 9:10 am IST

Australia vs India, 3rd ODI, Canberra, 1st December – 9:10 am IST

Australia vs India, 1st T20I, Canberra, 3rd December – 13:40 pm IST

Australia vs India, 2nd T20I, Sydney, 5th December – 13:40 pm IST

Australia vs India, 3rd T20I, Sydney, 7th December – 13:40 pm IST

Australia vs India, 1st Test, Adelaide, 16-20th December – 9:30 am IST

Australia vs India, 2nd Test, Melbourne, 25-29th December – 5:00 am IST

Australia vs India, 3rd Test, Sydney, 7th-11th January – 5:00 am IST

Australia vs India, 4th Test, Brisbane, 15th-19th January – 5:00 am IST

Live Streaming details:

All matches will take place on the Sony Sports channels and the Sony Liv App will carry out the live streaming of the same.

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