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Australia in India : Test Series October 2008 : InformationsFiled under
Aus in Ind 2008
India vs Australia is THE biggest rivalry in cricket today.. those who have any
doubts - please relive that Sydney test match (2 Jan 2008) in
pictures.Hopefully, 2008 test series in India will exceed the intencity but not the (un)gentlemanship that happened during the series played in Australia some 9 months ago. Continuing the regulations - itsonlycricket.com, in following, presents a list of all small & big information cricket fans around the world might be looking for related to India vs Australia test series in India - October-November. Schedule : Only 4 test matches but no ODIs. First test at Bangalore from 9th October, second at Mohali and so on.. see full test schedule. Television Live Telecast (for Indian viewers) : Nimbus (Neo Sports) holds the rights for all cricket played in India under BCCI - so, Neo Cricket (see 2008 telecast schedule) is the official broadcasting channel to watch this India-Australia cricket series in Indian sub-continent. Hopefully, DD National - the free to air channel of India will also get the live feeds and show the test matches live. Running Commentary of this Ind v Aus test series will also be available through All India Radio. Television Live Telecast (International) : Foxsports in Australia, Neocricket channel in Singapore and Malaysia, skysports in England so so on.. see the complete list of channels showing this series. Squads : Andrew Symonds is out of Aussie test match team to India, which also includes only 4 players with previous experience of playing in Indian conditions. See the test squads list. Match Tickets : Tickets for this India versus Australia cricket series are available through the counters in the city where match will be played, at stadium counters and also online through ticket pro website. more The Trophy : First ever India-Australia test series was played in 1947 but only in 1996 - it was given a proper name - Border-Gawaskar trophy. Both India and Australia have won it thrice. Fact : Whichever country won the last series - keeps the trophy. Other country have to beat the other to regain the trophy.. a draw series means trophy holder keeps on the Border-gawaskar shield. Australia's test record in India 36 tests = 14 won by Australia. Australia won the last time they came to India which was a 4 test matches series (victory margin = 2-1) Grounds : Australia must be sad not to get a match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata but they play their 4 test matches in this 2008 series in India at M Chinnaswamy stadium at Bangalore, PCA stadium at Mohali, Ferozshah Kotla ground in Delhi and Vidarbha cricket association ground at Nagpur in Maharashtra.. Match Start Timings : Since there's only test matches in this series - Day cricket - matches (each day's play) will be starting 9.30 am India time in morning which converts to 3pm in afternoon for fans in Australia (Sydney & Melbourne) and 2pm for Brisbane & 12 noon at Perth in Australia. Tip : you can use a time converter to find match timings according to other countries. Cricket series after this : England arrive as India finish this series against Australia.. a 7 ODI + 2 test match series it will be (Eng in Ind 2008) which will be followed by an India's tour of Pakistan early January 2009 (schedule).. then there's another series fixed for India which is of New Zealand. Photo Quiz : Identify Cricketers | Pictures : Cricketers Wife & Girlfriends Related ArticlesAus in Ind 2008
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