schedule for the 2024 Gavaskar Trophy: The much anticipated five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series between Australia and India is set to start later this week. The hosts will want to break India’s hegemony and take home the coveted trophy, while the Men in Blue are aiming for their third straight Test series victory down under.

In addition, the team captained by Rohit Sharma must win this series by a score of 4-0 in order to go straight to the WTC final, which takes place in June of the following year. It should be mentioned that Australia has lost this series in 2018-19 and 2020-21 and hasn’t triumphed in a home Test series against Australia since 2014. However, they won both the 2023 ODI World Cup summit match and the WTC final last year.

Both of these sides will be participating in a five-match Test series for the first time in the previous 30 years.

Schedule for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2024:

First Test: November 22 at Perth’s Optus Stadium Commencement: 7:50 a.m. IST

Second Test (Day-Night): Adelaide, December 6 | Start time: 9:30 a.m. IST

Third Test: Brisbane, Gabba, December 14 Commencement: 5:50 a.m. IST

Fourth Test: Boxing Day Test, Melbourne, December 26 | Start time: 5:00 a.m. IST

Fifth Test: New Year’s Test, Sydney, January 3 | Start time: 5:00 a.m. IST

India versus. Australia team for BGT 2024:

The Men in Blue were dealt severe blows: top batsman Shubman Gill is almost out of the first Test after breaking his finger, while captain Rohit Sharma will miss the series opener for personal reasons. Devdutt Padikkal, who most recently played for India A, is likely to start in the starting lineup for India in the first game of the series.

Jasprit Bumrah, the vice captain, will be leading the squad from the front.

India team:

Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Shubman Gill, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar,

Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini, and Mukesh Kumar are the backups.

Australia’s first-test squad:

Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, and

Given how strong both sides are, the next five-match Test series is sure to be a fierce contest between two of cricket’s greatest adversaries.