{"id":200353,"date":"2024-12-23T00:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T00:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/indias-test-record-at-mcg-as-border-gavaskar-trophy-moves-to-melbourne\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T00:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T00:36:47","slug":"indias-test-record-at-mcg-as-border-gavaskar-trophy-moves-to-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/indias-test-record-at-mcg-as-border-gavaskar-trophy-moves-to-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Test record at MCG as Border-Gavaskar Trophy moves to Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/12\/add-a-subheading-2024-12-22t064035-1734829968.webp?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"India&#8217;s Test record at MCG as Border-Gavaskar Trophy moves to Melbourne\" title=\"India&#8217;s Test record at MCG as Border-Gavaskar Trophy moves to Melbourne\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY IMAGES<\/span> Virat Kohli celebrates animatedly at the MCG.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024\/25 has lived up to its billing as India and Australia head into the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with the score line reading 1-1.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>India won&#8217;t have the services of their match-winning off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as the 38-year-old called time on his international career for India after the end of the third Test in Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>However, India still have their lead spin-bowling allrounder <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/ravindra-jadeja\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravindra Jadeja<\/a> and Washington Sundar, who is being perceived as Ashwin&#8217;s replacement.<\/p>\n<p>The factor that may work in India&#8217;s favour is that the pitch at the MCG is not as quick as the one at the Gabba and deteriorates quicker which brings the spinners into play by day four.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, one can also sense a bit of desperation in the Australian camp. The hosts axed Nathan McSweeney after he failed to register a single half-century in the first three games of the series. The selectors have instead opted to go with Sam Konstas.<\/p>\n<p>Konstas, 19, has played just 11 first-class games and aggregated 718 runs at an average of 42.23. The right-handed batter has struck two hundreds and three fifties in his first-class career so far.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>India&#8217;s Test record at the MCG in Melbourne<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Team India played their first-ever Test at the MCG in January 1948 against a Donald Bradman-led Australian side. Under the leadership of Lala Amarnath, India fought as hard as they could but were comprehensively beaten at the end by 233 runs.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s first Test win at the MCG came in January 1978 when a Bishan Singh Bedi-led side defeated Bob Simpson&#8217;s Australia by 222 runs. India have played 14 Tests at the &#8220;G&#8221; with four wins and as many as eight losses. Two of those 14 games have ended in a draw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tableouter\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width:500px\">&#13;<\/p>\n<tbody>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><strong>Matches<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><strong>Wins<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><strong>Losses<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><strong>Draws<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>India<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>India&#8217;s squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yashasvi Jaiswal, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kl-rahul\" rel=\"noopener\">KL Rahul<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" rel=\"noopener\">Shubman Gill<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a>, Rishabh Pant (wk), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> (c), Ravindra Jadeja, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/nitish-kumar\" rel=\"noopener\">Nitish Kumar<\/a> Reddy, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/jasprit-bumrah\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasprit Bumrah<\/a>, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-test-record-at-mcg-as-border-gavaskar-trophy-moves-to-melbourne-2024-12-22-967392\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Virat Kohli celebrates animatedly at the MCG. 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