# Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25
The Indian cricket team's tour of Australia in 2024–25 was a five-Test series played for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from 22 November 2024 to 7 January 2025, which Australia won 3–1 to regain the trophy for the first time since 2014–15.[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-pakistan-to-visit-as-australia-announce-schedule-for-home-summer?sf187289871=1) • [2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released) It was the first five-match series between the two countries since India's 1991–92 tour, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was thereby placed on the same footing as [The Ashes](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-ashes).[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-pakistan-to-visit-as-australia-announce-schedule-for-home-summer?sf187289871=1)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Series | Five Tests for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 22 November 2024 to 7 January 2025[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-pakistan-to-visit-as-australia-announce-schedule-for-home-summer?sf187289871=1) |
| Result | Australia won 3–1; India won the first Test in Perth by 295 runs, the Gabba Test was drawn[2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released) |
| Significance | First five-match Australia–India series since 1991–92[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-pakistan-to-visit-as-australia-announce-schedule-for-home-summer?sf187289871=1) |
| Leading player | Jasprit Bumrah, 32 wickets at 13, Player of the Series, despite missing the Sydney second innings with back spasms[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) • [4](https://www.akhandbharatsandesh.net/_files/ugd/8b9599_57a975c829794b108ad4b1c53b0a8c40.pdf) |
| Consequences | Australia qualified for the World Test Championship 2023–25 final against South Africa at Lord's[2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released) |
| Scoring | Lowest-scoring Test series in Australia in nearly 30 years; 682.1 overs in the first three Tests, the fewest ever in a series of three or more games there[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) • [5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends) |
## Schedule and context
[Cricket Australia](https://www.edgepedia.org/cricket-australia) announced the fixtures in March 2024. The Tests were played at [Perth Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/perth-stadium) (22–26 November), Adelaide Oval as a day-night match (6–10 December), the Gabba in Brisbane (14–18 December), the [Melbourne Cricket Ground](https://www.edgepedia.org/melbourne-cricket-ground) (26–30 December) and the Sydney Cricket Ground (3–7 January).[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-pakistan-to-visit-as-australia-announce-schedule-for-home-summer?sf187289871=1) The series carried World Test Championship 2023–25 points for both teams, and India had held the trophy since 2017 on the strength of consecutive away series wins.[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-pakistan-to-visit-as-australia-announce-schedule-for-home-summer?sf187289871=1)
India arrived in batches, with most players in the country by 12 November, shortly after a 0–3 home series loss to New Zealand that was the team's first home Test series defeat in 12 years.[5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends) • [6](https://acrossstates.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Across-State-2-Jan-25.pdf)
## Course of the series
**Perth.** India won the first Test by 295 runs, a commanding start after the home whitewash. [Jasprit Bumrah](https://www.edgepedia.org/jasprit-bumrah) captained the side in [Rohit Sharma](https://www.edgepedia.org/rohit-sharma)'s absence, taking an eight-wicket haul in the match.[2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released) • [6](https://acrossstates.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Across-State-2-Jan-25.pdf)
**Adelaide and Brisbane.** Australia won the day-night second Test, and the rain-affected third Test at the Gabba ended in a draw, leaving the series 1–1 at the halfway point.[2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released) • [5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends) After the Brisbane Test, Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket, effective immediately.[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report)
**Melbourne and Sydney.** Australia won the [Boxing Day Test](https://www.edgepedia.org/boxing-day-test) in Melbourne and sealed the series with a six-wicket win in Sydney on the third day, taking the trophy 3–1.[2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released) • [7](https://epaper.truepointnews.com/media/2025-01/6th-jan-point-epaper_ap.pdf) On the last morning at Sydney India still had a mathematical chance of retaining the trophy, but Bumrah, the summer's greatest single influence on either side, could not bowl in the second innings because of back spasms.[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) Jasprit Bumrah captained India in the fifth Test after Rohit Sharma stood himself down in view of his poor batting form, with [Virat Kohli](https://www.edgepedia.org/virat-kohli) directing play on the field as Australia closed out the match.[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) • [11](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/captain-confirmed-as-india-pacer-returns-as-stand-in-skipper-for-final-australia-test)
## Playing conditions and style
The series was exceptionally low-scoring and fast-moving. Extra grass on the pitches and a twice-lacquered new-version [Kookaburra](https://www.edgepedia.org/kookaburra) ball with a more pronounced seam favored the pace bowlers, producing the lowest-scoring Test series in Australia in nearly 30 years.[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) • [5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends) In the first three Tests a wicket cost 24.64 runs while runs came at 3.31 per over, the fastest-scoring series in Australia since the turn of the decade; only 14 partnerships of more than 50 were made for the first five wickets across the series, and spin played almost no part.[5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends) • [3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) The ICC rated the pitches at Perth, Adelaide, the Gabba and the MCG as "very good", its highest category, and the Sydney surface as "satisfactory".[2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released)
## Individual performances
**Bumrah's dominance.** Bumrah finished with 32 wickets at an average of 13 in five games and was voted Player of the Series.[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) • [4](https://www.akhandbharatsandesh.net/_files/ugd/8b9599_57a975c829794b108ad4b1c53b0a8c40.pdf) Wisden's almanack report described him as the summer's greatest single influence on either side.[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report)
**Australia.** [Pat Cummins](https://www.edgepedia.org/pat-cummins) averaged 21 with the ball and 20 with the bat and dismissed Rohit Sharma four times for 11 runs in the series.[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) [Mitchell Starc](https://www.edgepedia.org/mitchell-starc) took 14 wickets at 22.85 in the first three Tests, his best average in a multi-Test series against India, while [Josh Hazlewood](https://www.edgepedia.org/josh-hazlewood) conceded 1.97 runs per over in his two matches before injury ended his series.[5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends) Steve Smith scored a hundred at a time when his form had been under scrutiny.[5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends)
**India.** Virat Kohli scored a hundred, and [Yashasvi Jaiswal](https://www.edgepedia.org/yashasvi-jaiswal) was, alongside Bumrah, one of only two India players rated as having performed well across the series by the Times of India's report card.[5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends) • [8](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-in-australia/tois-report-card-only-jasprit-bumrah-and-yashasvi-jaiswal-shine-for-india-in-border-gavaskar-trophy/articleshow/117039407.cms) [Rishabh Pant](https://www.edgepedia.org/rishabh-pant) averaged 19.20 over three Tests with no 50-plus score, his worst average in a series of three or more games.[5](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends) [Ravindra Jadeja](https://www.edgepedia.org/ravindra-jadeja) was dropped for the first two Tests, then returned with a crucial 77 at the Gabba that helped India post 260.[9](https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-analysis/border-gavaskar-trophy-2024-25-rating-all-india-players-based-on-their-performances/2/?amp=1) Nitish Kumar Reddy, a 21-year-old with one first-class hundred before the tour, was assessed as a top-six batter in the making, and Washington Sundar, in his first away Test in four years, was seen as a successor to Ashwin.[3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report)
## Consequences
Australia's series win secured its place in the World Test Championship 2023–25 final, where it faced South Africa at Lord's.[2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released) It was Australia's first Border-Gavaskar Trophy since 2014–15, and the first time it had won a home series from 1–0 down since 1968/69.[2](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released) • [3](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report) For India, the defeat followed the home whitewash by New Zealand and prompted scrutiny of the team's batting and its transition to a younger generation.[6](https://acrossstates.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Across-State-2-Jan-25.pdf) • [10](https://odishapostepaper.com/uploads/epaper/2025-01/677c3015768ce.pdf)
## References
1. [India, Pakistan to visit as Australia announce schedule for home summer, ICC](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/india-pakistan-to-visit-as-australia-announce-schedule-for-home-summer?sf187289871=1)
2. [ICC Pitch Ratings for Border-Gavaskar series released, ICC](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc-pitch-ratings-for-border-gavaskar-series-released)
3. [Australia v India in 2024/25, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack report by Gideon Haigh](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/wisden-cricketers-almanack/australia-v-india-in-202425-almanack-report)
4. [Akhand Bharat Sandesh sports page, 8 February 2025](https://www.akhandbharatsandesh.net/_files/ugd/8b9599_57a975c829794b108ad4b1c53b0a8c40.pdf)
5. [Chaos Down Under: How the 2024/25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy has defied previous patterns and trends, Wisden](https://www.wisden.com/series/australia-vs-india-m-202425/cricket-news/chaos-down-under-how-the-202425-border-gavaskar-trophy-has-defied-previous-patterns-and-trends)
6. [Across State, 2–8 January 2025](https://acrossstates.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Across-State-2-Jan-25.pdf)
7. [True Point News epaper, 6 January 2025](https://epaper.truepointnews.com/media/2025-01/6th-jan-point-epaper_ap.pdf)
8. [TOI's Report Card: Only Jasprit Bumrah and Yashasvi Jaiswal shine for India, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-in-australia/tois-report-card-only-jasprit-bumrah-and-yashasvi-jaiswal-shine-for-india-in-border-gavaskar-trophy/articleshow/117039407.cms)
9. [Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25: Rating all India players, Crictracker](https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-analysis/border-gavaskar-trophy-2024-25-rating-all-india-players-based-on-their-performances/2/?amp=1)
10. [Odisha Post epaper, 7 January 2025](https://odishapostepaper.com/uploads/epaper/2025-01/677c3015768ce.pdf)
11. [Captain confirmed as India pacer returns as stand-in skipper for final Australia Test, ICC World Test Championship, ICC](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/captain-confirmed-as-india-pacer-returns-as-stand-in-skipper-for-final-australia-test)
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