India tour of Australia: All you need to know
The multi-format series between the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup finalists – Australia and India – will begin on 21 September comprising three ODIs, one Test and three T20Is.
Australia are currently on a red hot streak of 24 wins in a row in ODIs while India is yet to register an ODI series win against the hosts.
The last time these sides met was in the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final where Australia came out victorious even though India had handed them a loss in the Group Stage.
The tour between the two sides was pushed forward by two days due to Covid-19 with the outbreaks in Sydney and Melbourne forcing the entire series to be relocated to Queensland. The ODI series will now be contested in Mackay while the one-off pink-ball Test and T20Is in Carrara.
POINTS SYSTEM
A new points-based system will be deployed in this series to determine the winners for the first time, between India and Australia.
A team will be awarded two points for a win in a limited-overs match while a team will be given four points for the win in Test. In the event of a draw or tie in the Test, the two teams will split the points.
However, if the total points with each team at the end of the multi-format series are the same, the trophy will be shared.
WHERE TO WATCHICC has paired up with Cricket Australia to broadcast the upcoming matches of Australia on ICC.tv in the 2021-22 international calendar.
People tuning in from Southeast Asia and Europe, as well as other regions that do not currently have a broadcast partner, will be able to watch the ball-by-ball action on ICC.tv. The countries include Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, China, Germany, Netherlands, among others.
Both the India series and the women’s Ashes will be free for all users to stream to celebrate the new partnership, while the men’s content will be available on a pay-per-view basis.
FIXTURES:
ODIs
21 September, Harrup Park, Mackay
24 September, Harrup Park, Mackay
26 September, Harrup Park, Mackay
Test
30 September - 3 October, Metricon Stadium, Carrara
T20Is
7 October, Metricon Stadium, Carrara
9 October, Metricon Stadium, Carrara
10 October, Metricon Stadium, Carrara
SQUADS:
Australia squad: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes, Darcie Brown, Maitlan Brown, Stella Campbell, Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Redmayne, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham
India Test and ODI squad: Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Ekta Bisht
India T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Shikha Pandey, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh (wk), Harleen Deol, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh