India vs Australia 2nd Test match will take place on the Boxing Day (Dec 26) at Melbourne Cricket Ground. India needs to bounce back after a humiliating defeat in the 1st Test
Australia opener David Warner still have to attain match fitness and this a reason why the hosts are not changing its playing 11 from previous match
India fell to lowest-ever innings total in its 82-year Test cricket history as Virat Kohli-led side ended at 36 for nine in second innings
Both the teams are pondering over the opening pair for the first Test match as key players of Australia and India are injured. Check Australia vs India playing 11 prediction, match timing here
Australian national selectors have brought in off-spinner Nathan Lyon to T20 International squad for the last two matches against India
It will be first time during Covid-19 pandemic that crowds will be allowed in the stadium during an international cricket tournament. Check IND vs AUS full schedule, match time, live streaming details
India beat Australia 2-1 during the last series in 2018-19, which was first time that the visitors won a series in 71 years
The 33-year-old Khawaja didn't feature in any Test for Australia since losing his place after the third Test against England in August last year
India are set to play a four-match Test series in Australia later this year. But with the Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc, speculation is rife that the games could be held behind closed doors.
Earlier in the year, Lyon scripted his first five-wicket haul at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
Nathan Lyon was uncomfortable seeing himself alongside some of Australia's greatest cricketers after he equalled Dennis Lillee's tally of Test wickets. Off-spinner Lyon took 3-68, a haul that saw him draw level with celebrated fast bowler Lillee's tally of 355 Test wickets, as England were dismissed for 258 in their first innings on the second day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's. That left Lyon equal third in Australia's all-time list of leading wicket-takers, with only the retired duo of leg-spinner Shane Warne (708) and paceman Glenn McGrath (563) ahead of him. "I've always said I am not about personal milestones or personal achievements, it's about winning Test matches and Test series for Australia," said Lyon. "I haven't really had the time to sit back and think about it," added the 31-year-old who got to the mark in 88 matches -- 18 more than Lillee, who played the last of his 70 Tests in 1984. The often outspoken Lyon, who prior to Australia's 4-0 2017/18 home series win
Australia have only three days to correct a litany of problems before the second test starts at Perth Stadium, and many of the issues facing Paine appear to have no quick fix