Top Test Ranker Indian cricket team will go to Australia for a two-month long tour, as Cricket Australia released the full tour schedule on Sunday. In a high-voltage tour, scheduled to begin from November 21 this year, both sides will compete in Four ODIs, Three ODIs and Three T20Is. The series will take action with the shortest format, with the first T20I to be played at The Gabba on November 21, 2018. After the three-match T20I series will be played between these two top-cricket nation, the two teams will compete in a four-Test series, the first of which will be played from December 6, 2018, at Adelaide Oval.
The BCCI has still not approved the Adelaide Test to be a day-night affair as India are still unsure about the pink-ball Test. The second Test between India vs Australia will be played at the Perth Stadium and will begin from December 16. The two teams will travel to Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test which will take action on December 26 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
An action-packed International schedule has been announced for the 2018-19 summer https://t.co/F05sQPZjFh pic.twitter.com/3S2avFp0kg
— Cricket Australia (@CAComms) April 30, 2018
India tour of Australia schedule:
November 21 – Australia v India, The Gabba, 1st T20I
November 23 – Australia v India, MCG, 2nd T20I
November 25 – Australia v India, SCG, 3rd T20I
December 6-10 – Australia v India, Adelaide Oval, 1st Test
December 14-18 – Australia v India, Perth Stadium, 2nd Test
December 26-30 – Australia v India, MCG, 3rd Test
January 3-7 – Australia v India, SCG, 4th Test
January 12 – Australia v India, SCG, 1st ODI
January 15 – Australia v India, Adelaide Oval, 2nd ODI
January 18 – Australia v India, MCG, 3rd ODI
There will definitely be at least one day-night Test between Australia, and Sri Lanka confirmed to play a pink ball match at the Gabba on January 24 to kick-off the two-Test series. At Gabba, previously hosted a day-night Test between Australia and Pakistan in December 2016 before returning to a day affair for the Ashes last summer.
| Date | Match | Venue |
| November 4 | 1st ODI | Perth Stadium, Perth |
| November 7 | 2nd ODI | Adelaide |
| November 11 | 3rd ODI | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| November 20 | Only T20I | Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast |
| Date | Match | Venue |
| January 24-28 | 1st Test (D/N) | Gabba, Brisbane |
| February 1-5 | 2nd Test | Manuka Oval, Canberra |
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