India will play 5 Tests in Australia after 36 years: Searching for first win in Perth, all out for 36 in Adelaide; venue report

1. Optus Stadium, Perth: Australia’s new fort? There are 2 stadiums in Perth, one is WACA Ground and the other is Optus Stadium. Test matches continued to be played at the WACA until 2017, from 2018 when Australia made Optus Stadium the new Test venue. The first match was played here by India only, then despite Virat Kohli’s brilliant century, Australia won. The first match of the series will be held here on 22nd November.

Australia has played 4 tests so far in Perth and won all four. Every time the team batted first and scored big and won. Here the pace bowlers get more help, India did not play a single full time spinner in the last Test. Despite this, off-spinner Nathan Lyon is the top wicket taker here with 27 wickets.

The average score of the first innings in Perth is 456 runs, so teams here prefer to bat first after winning the toss. Batting in the stadium becomes difficult as the match days progress. Marnus Labuschagne is the ground’s top run scorer with 519 runs. Kohli scores runs here at an average of 70, while Mohammed Shami has taken 6 wickets.

2. Adelaide Oval: India was limited to 36 in the last test. The name of Adelaide Stadium is associated with Virat’s captaincy debut. While in 2014 he had scored centuries in both the innings, but in 2020, Team India was all out for 36 runs under the captaincy of Kohli. Which is India’s lowest score in a test, it was a day-night test. The team will now again play only day-night test against Australia on this ground from 6th December.

Australia did not lose a single day-night test in Adelaide. Since 2018, the team played a total of 6 tests here, the team won 5. Whereas the only defeat came against India in 2018 only. Here the teams batting first won 4 tests and the teams bowling first won 2 tests. The average score of the first innings is 375 runs. India played 2 Tests here since 2018, won 1 and lost 1.

In day-night tests abroad, the third session becomes important because the swing of the pink ball increases after the lights are on. In such a situation, both the teams would like to bowl most of the times in the third session. Mitchell Starc is the top bowler in Adelaide with 30 wickets. Kohli has scored 509 runs here at an average of 63. He has 3 centuries to his name here.

3. The Gabba, Brisbane: Home team has lost 2 tests Brisbane’s The Gabba Stadium was Australia’s fortress until 2020. The home team had not lost any Test here since 1988. Again in 2021, India won the test here by 3 wickets and won the series. After India, the Kangaroo team was also defeated by West Indies this year.

Australia played 6 Tests in Brisbane since 2018, won 4 and lost 2. Here the team batting first has won only once, this victory was achieved by West Indies in the day-night test this year. Here the rest of the matches were played during the day, in all of them the team bowling first won. The average score of the first innings is also only 227 runs, so the teams winning the toss here will choose bowling only.

India played 2 Tests in Brisbane in the last 10 years, won one and lost only one. Pat Cummins has taken 36 wickets here in the last 6 years, while Marnus Labuschagne is the top scorer with 497 runs. For India, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar of the current squad have scored fifty.

4. Melbourne Cricket Ground: India has not lost here for 12 years Melbourne Stadium is now becoming India’s fort in Test cricket. Here Team India has not lost any test since 2012. During this period the team played 3 tests here, won 2 and drew 1. Both wins came on the last 2 tours. Australia played 6 Tests here since 2018, won 4 and lost 2. The teams batting first also won 3 times and the teams bowling first also won 3 times.

The average score of the first innings in Melbourne is 299 runs. India won the last match here by bowling first, when Ajinkya Rahane scored a century, while Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets. Here Pat Cummins is the top wicket taker in the last 6 years with 31 wickets. Paes gets more help in Melbourne. Fast bowling has looked very effective here in the third innings.

Bumrah has 15 wickets in 2 Tests in Melbourne. Whereas Kohli has scored 316 runs here at an average of 52.66. He also has a century to his name here. Steve Smith from Australia has scored 1093 runs in 11 tests here.

5. Sydney Cricket Ground: India can play 2 spinners Sydney’s pitch is different from other pitches in Australia, here spin gets more help than pace. India will play the last match of the series here from January 3, during this time the chances of rain also increase in Sydney. In 2018, due to rain for two consecutive days, Team India had to be content with a draw in a match they almost won.

India has played only the last three Test draws here. In 2014, the team had to draw the match due to the batting pitch, in 2018 due to rain and in 2021 due to too many wickets falling. The average score of the first innings in Sydney is 436 runs, here Nathan Lyon has taken the maximum of 26 wickets in the last 6 years.

In Sydney, India’s wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has scored 292 runs in 2 tests by scoring one century and one fifty. Virat has 248 runs in his name here at an average of 49.60, he has also scored a century in Sydney. Among bowlers, Mohammed Shami has 8 wickets in his name in 2 Tests, although despite his return in Ranji Trophy, his going to Australia has not been confirmed yet.