The iconic Boxing Day event that kicks off at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here on Saturday will be India’s 100th match in the traditional format against Australia, the BCCI said on Friday. The two countries first played a test series in 1947-48.
“#TeamIndia will play its 100th test against Australia when the teams meet in the second round of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at MCG, starting tomorrow,” BCCI tweeted.
In all 99 events, Australia won 43 times, while India was victorious 28 times. Twenty-seven matches were tied and one match was tied.
India has won three Boxing Day events out of 13 matches. Australia have won eight, while two were tied matches. Last time, India had recorded a 137-race win over Australia in 2018.
India is trailing 0-1 in the ongoing four-match test series after losing the first match day / night by eight wickets. The visitors suffered the embarrassment of scoring their lowest test innings score of 36 on their second trial.
India have made four changes to their XI game, while Australia is set to present an unchanged team at the MCG.
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