The
Australian cricket team
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toured India in September 2022 to play three
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) matches as a preparatory series before
2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
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. They later returned in February and March 2023 to play four
Test
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and three
One Day International
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(ODI) matches. The Test matches formed part of the
2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
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.
Australia won the first T20I by 4 wickets, to lead the series 1–0. The second T20I was reduced to 8 overs per side due to a wet outfield, with India winning the match by 6 wickets. India won the third and final T20I by 6 wickets to win the series 2–1.
India won the Test series 2–1, and retained the
Border–Gavaskar Trophy
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. Australia's win in the third Test secured their place in the World Test Championship final. Results
in other matches confirmed that India also qualified for the Championship final after the drawn fourth Test.
India won the first ODI by 5 wickets, to lead the series 1–0. But Australia won the second ODI by 10 wickets, to level the series 1–1. Australia won the third ODI by 21 runs and won the series 2–1.
Prime Minister of India
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Narendra Modi
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hosted his counterpart
Prime Minister of Australia
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Anthony Albanese
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at
Narendra Modi stadium
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on the first day of the fourth test at the
75 Years of Friendship through Cricket Event. The event was organized as a tribute to the 75 years of diplomatic and cricket relations between two the countries. The two PMs visited the "Hall of fame" museum inside the stadium.
Scheduling
In August 2022, the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
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(BCCI) confirmed the schedule for the T20Is. On 8 December 2022, the BCCI confirmed the schedule for the Tests and the ODIs.
On 13 February 2023, BCCI confirmed the venue of third test was shifted from
Dharamshala
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to
Indore
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. The ground was rated "poor" by the
International Cricket Council
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(ICC) and received three demerit points. However on 27 March 2023, ICC changed the rating to "below average", and the ground received one demerit point, after an appeal by the BCCI.
Squads
Before the start of T20I series,
Mitchell Marsh
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,
Mitchell Starc
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and
Marcus Stoinis
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were ruled out due to injuries, and were replaced by
Sean Abbott
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,
Nathan Ellis
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Daniel Sams
Daniel Richard Sams (born 27 October 1992) is an Australian international cricketer. Nicknamed "the Karate Kid", he made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in December 2020.
Career
Sams made his first-class cricket debut fo ...
. India's Mohammed Shami
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was ruled of the T20I series due to COVID-19
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, with Umesh Yadav
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named as his replacement.
On 10 January 2023, Mitchell Starc
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was ruled out of the first Test against India due to finger injury. On 1 February 2023, Shreyas Iyer
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was ruled out of the first Test against Australia due to back injury. On 5 February 2023, Josh Hazlewood
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was ruled out of the first Test against India due to achilles niggle in his left leg. On 7 February 2023, Cameron Green
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was ruled out of the first Test against India due to fractured finger. Ahead of the second Test, Matthew Kuhnemann replaced Mitchell Swepson
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in Australia's squad. On 12 February 2023, Jaydev Unadkat
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was released from India's squad for second Test, to play Ranji Trophy Final. On 20 February 2023, Australia's Josh Hazlewood
Josh Reginald Hazlewood (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian international cricketer. He is a pace bowler known for his accuracy and has been compared to former Australian paceman Glenn McGrath. He has captained Australia in a ODI and served ...
was ruled out of Test series. Mitchell Swepson re-joined the squad prior to the third Test. On 21 February 2023, Australia's David Warner David or Dave Warner may refer to:
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Othe ...
was ruled out of the last two Tests due to elbow injury. On 22 February 2023, Ashton Agar
Ashton Charles Agar (born 14 October 1993) is an Australian cricketer who plays all forms of the game at international level. Agar plays domestically for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. A left-handed spin bowler and capable lower-orde ...
was released from Australia's squad for last two Tests, to play Sheffield Shield
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and Marsh One-Day Cup. Pat Cummins
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was unavailable for the last two Tests due to a family emergency, with Steve Smith named as captain.
On 19 February 2023, BCCI confirmed that Rohit Sharma
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would be unavailable for the first ODI due to family commitments, with Hardik Pandya
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named as the captain in his place. On 6 March 2023, Australia's Jhye Richardson
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Richard ...
was ruled out from the ODI series due to a hamstring injury, with