India tour of Australia 2024-25: The much-awaited Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 will be played between 22 November 2024 and 7 January 2025.
A total of five tests will be played during the India tour of Australia 2024-25. The Test matches will form part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. India had retained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after defeating Australia 2–1 in the previous series in 2023.
Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 will be the first Test series between India and Australia comprising five matches since 1992.
Ahead of the series start, the Indian cricket team was struck with a tragedy as Rohit Sharma opted out of the first test to be with his family who are expecting their second baby during the third week of November 2024.
Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir confirmed that Jasprit Bumrah will lead the team in the absence of Rohit.
India tour of Australia 2024-25 Schedule
As per the AUS vs IND 2024-25 schedule, the first test match will be played at Perth Stadium between November 22 and 26. Following are the complete details of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 schedule/BGT 2024-25 schedule with venue, IST and GMT details.
| Date | Match | Venue | IST | GMT | Local |
| Nov 22, Fri – Nov 26, Tue | Australia vs India, 1st Test | Perth Stadium, Perth | 7:50 AM | 2:20 AM | 10:20 AM |
| Nov 30, Sat – Dec 01, Sun | Prime Ministers XI vs India A, 2-day Warm-up Match | Manuka Oval, Canberra | 9:10 AM | 3:40 AM | 02:40 PM |
| Dec 06, Fri – Dec 10, Tue | Australia vs India, 2nd Test | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 9:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 02:30 PM |
| Dec 14, Sat – Dec 18, Wed | Australia vs India, 3rd Test | The Gabba, Brisbane | 5:50 AM | 12:20 AM | 10:20 AM |
| Dec 26, Thu – Dec 30, Mon | Australia vs India, 4th Test | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 5:00 AM (Dec 26) | 11:30 PM (Dec 25) | 10:30 AM |
| Jan 03, Fri – Jan 07, Tue | Australia vs India, 5th Test | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 5:00 AM (Jan 03) | 11:30 PM (Jan 02) | 10:30 AM |
India tour of Australia 2024-25 Squad
India has named the 18-member squad for the Australia test series along with Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khaleel Ahmed as travelling reserves.
On the other hand, Nathan McSweeney received a maiden call-up from Cricket Australia for the BGT 2024-25. The hosts also made a late surprise by including Josh Inglis in a 13-player squad.
Following are the complete details of the India tour of Australia 2024-25 squad/BGT 2024-25 squad:
India Squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Ravichandran Ashwin, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar
Australia Squad
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc
India tour of Australia 2024-25 Venues
All five test matches of the India tour of Australia 2024-25 will be played across five different venues in Australia.
| Stadium | Location | Capacity |
| Perth Stadium | Perth | 61,266 |
| Adelaide Oval | Adelaide | 53,500 |
| The Gabba | Brisbane | 37,000 |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | 1,00,024 |
| Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney | 48,000 |
