{"id":205926,"date":"2025-01-01T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/ind-vs-aus-pitch-report-sydney-cricket-ground-wicket-venue-stats-for-india-vs-australia-5th-test\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T16:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:10:15","slug":"ind-vs-aus-pitch-report-sydney-cricket-ground-wicket-venue-stats-for-india-vs-australia-5th-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/ind-vs-aus-pitch-report-sydney-cricket-ground-wicket-venue-stats-for-india-vs-australia-5th-test\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AUS Pitch Report: Sydney Cricket Ground wicket, venue stats for India vs Australia 5th Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2025\/01\/indiatv-2025-01-01t195909-1735741892.webp?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"IND vs AUS Pitch Report: Sydney Cricket Ground wicket, venue stats for India vs Australia 5th Test\" title=\"IND vs AUS Pitch Report: Sydney Cricket Ground wicket, venue stats for India vs Australia 5th Test\" \/><\/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<\/span> Sydney Cricket Ground pitch report for IND vs AUS 5th Test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\"><strong>IND vs AUS Pitch Report:\u00a0<\/strong>The Indian cricket team will look to avoid a series loss when they take on a highly-motivated Australian side in the fifth Test match starting on Friday early morning. Australia will eye a WTC 2025 final spot with a potential win against India and will enter as clear favourites after impressive performances in the Melbourne Test.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>After winning the first Test, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>&#8216;s side has gone winless in the next three games and are trailing 1-2 in the five-match series. Both teams are expected to make changes to their playing eleven for the New Year&#8217;s Test as some players seem tired after a non-stop action in BGT 2024-25.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>IND vs AUS 5th\u00a0Test\u00a0pitch report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pitch\u00a0at Sydney\u00a0Cricket Ground offers a pace-friendly surface in red-ball cricket. Fans can expect a similar kind of wicket they witnessed at MCG in the last match. The pitch curator has already hinted at green grass and moisture in the wickets on the opening day of the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So we&#8217;re two days out now, getting to the final stages of the prep. We\u2019ve taken the covers off this morning, given a cut of about 7mm and giving it a nice roll today, nice pressing,&#8221;\u00a0said pitch curator Adam Lewis in a video shared by the SCG\u2019s official X handle.\u00a0&#8220;Really happy with where it\u2019s at. Giving it a little flick of water, it&#8217;s very hot in Sydney today, so we&#8217;ll just keep the moisture there at the top. And then tomorrow, we&#8217;ll do a little bit more heavier rolling, take a little bit of the colour out, then we should be ready to go for the third (morning).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The average first innings score at SCG is 318 with teams batting first winning 47 of 114 Test matches played here. Earlier in 2024, Australia hosted Pakistan in the last Test match played at this venue, where the fast bowlers\u00a0Aamer Jamal and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/pat-cummins\" rel=\"noopener\">Pat Cummins<\/a> dominated the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney Cricket Ground Test numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matches played &#8211; 114<\/p>\n<p>Matches won batting first &#8211; 47<\/p>\n<p>Matches won bowling first &#8211; 43<\/p>\n<p>Average 1st innings score &#8211; 318    <\/p>\n<p>Average 2nd innings score &#8211; 311<\/p>\n<p>Average 3rd\u00a0innings score &#8211; 249<\/p>\n<p>Average 4th\u00a0innings score &#8211; 169<\/p>\n<p>Highest total &#8211;\u00a0705\/7 by India vs Australia in 2004<\/p>\n<p>Lowest total &#8211;\u00a042\/10 by Australia vs England in 1888<\/p>\n<p><strong>IND vs AUS 5th\u00a0Test Predicted Playing XIs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>India Playing XI\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" rel=\"noopener\">Shubman Gill<\/a>,\u00a0<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\/kl-rahul\" rel=\"noopener\">KL Rahul<\/a>, Nitish Reddy,\u00a0Washington Sundar, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/jasprit-bumrah\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasprit Bumrah<\/a>, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Australia Playing XI\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/usman-khawaja\" rel=\"noopener\">Usman Khawaja<\/a>, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve\u00a0Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/alex-carey\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Carey<\/a> (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/nathan-lyon\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Lyon<\/a>, Scott Boland.<\/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\/ind-vs-aus-pitch-report-sydney-cricket-ground-wicket-venue-stats-for-india-vs-australia-5th-test-2025-01-01-969024\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Sydney Cricket Ground pitch report for IND vs AUS 5th Test IND vs AUS Pitch Report:\u00a0The Indian cricket team will look to avoid a series loss when they take on a highly-motivated Australian side in the fifth Test match starting on Friday early morning. 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