India and Australia are all set to play a four-match series in the Border Gavaskar Trophy in February-March 2023. The first Test will be played from 9-13 February at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. The caravan will then move to Delhi for the second Test. Arun Jaitley Stadium will host the second Test from 17-21 February. The third Test will be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala from 1-5 March.
The fourth and final Test of the series will be played at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from 9-13 March. With the series holding utmost importance for India and the top guns of the team featuring in the squad, heavy footfall is expected at all four venues. Meanwhile, two VIP guests will also be attending the fourth Test between the two teams.
Sources close to SportsTiger have confirmed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese will be present in the crowd during the fourth Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Coming to the squads of the two teams for the much-awaited series, India are yet to name their squad. Meanwhile, Australia recently announced the squad for the four-match series. While Cricket Australia retained most of the players from the previous Test squads, Peter Handscomb and Todd Murphy were the new faces.
Australia squad for India Tests: Pat Cummins (C), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (VC), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner