Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21

The India cricket team is scheduled to tour Australia from December 2020 to January 2021 to play four Tests and three One Day International (ODI) matches.[1] The Test series will form part of the inaugural 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship and the ODI series will form part of the inaugural 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[2][3] In February 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that they want to play one of the Test matches as a day/night fixture.[4]

Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21
 
  Australia India
Dates 3 December 2020 – 17 January 2021
Test series
One Day International series

In April 2020, Kevin Roberts, CEO of Cricket Australia looked at "creative" solutions for the tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] These included the possibility of playing five Test matches instead of four,[6] and to play all the Test matches behind closed doors at the Adelaide Oval.[7] The Australian government was also looking at applying international travel exemptions to allow the tour to happen.[8] The following month, the BCCI confirmed that they were willing to put players in a two-week quarantine period to ensure that the tour goes ahead.[9][10] Kevin Roberts later added that there is a "nine out of 10" chance of the tour taking place.[11][12] The Test series is scheduled to start in December, with the first Test in Brisbane.[13] The ODI series is scheduled to start in January.[14] On 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed all of the fixtures for the series.[15][16] The following day, Kevin Roberts stated that the number of Test venues could be reduced to one or two grounds, depending on any travel restrictions imposed due to the virus.[17]

Originally, the tour was also going to include three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, starting on 11 October 2020, ahead of the then scheduled 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[1] However, in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed until 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] As a result, the T20I matches were postponed,[19] after they clashed with the revised fixtures for the 2020 Indian Premier League.[20] Despite a lockdown in Melbourne in August 2020, Cricket Australia said they would do everything they can to ensure the Boxing Day Test goes ahead as planned.[21][22] Cricket Australia were also looking at a revised schedule for the tour, including playing all the limited-overs matches before the Test series.[23]

Test series

1st Test
3–7 December 2020
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2nd Test
11–15 December 2020 (D/N)
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3rd Test

4th Test

ODI series

1st ODI
12 January 2021
14:00 (D/N)
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2nd ODI

3rd ODI
17 January 2021
14:00 (D/N)
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References
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  16. "Australia scheduled to return to action with ODIs against Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  17. "'Very high risk' of men's T20 World Cup taking place on schedule - Cricket Australia chief executive". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  18. "Men's T20 World Cup postponement FAQs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  19. "Tournament hubs, Afghanistan Test and Boxing Day: where does the Australia summer stand?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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