Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test between India and Australia extended to 5 | Cricket News

Cricket Australia (CA) announced that the latest edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was extended by one match on Monday, with India and Australia set to play five Test matches later this year for the first time since the 1991-92 season. The full schedule for the 2024-25 series will be released in the coming days. “For the first time since the 1991-92 season, Australia and India will play a five-match Test series this summer. The extended series in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will headline the 2024-25 home summer schedule, which To be released for the 2024-25 season. In the coming days,” CA posted on X (formerly Twitter).

BCCI and CA jointly announced the development.

“BCCI remains steadfast in its commitment to safeguarding the rich legacy of Test cricket, a format that we hold in high esteem,” BCCI Secretary Jay Shah said in a CA media release.

“Our continued partnership with Cricket Australia to expand the Border-Gavaskar Cup Test series to five matches underlines our collective commitment to nurturing and elevating the importance of Test cricket.

“This expansion echoes our shared vision to expand the essence of Test cricket and preserve its tradition,” he added.

India has won four of the past four series between the two teams, including consecutive away Test series wins in 2018-19 and 2020-21.

However, Pat Cummins and his team defeated the Indians in the final of the World Test Championship in London last year.

Perth will host the first Test of the five-match series this year. CA has yet to announce the final schedule, but the series will likely begin in late November this year.

CA Chairman Mike Baird said: “Given the strong rivalry between our two great cricketing nations and the excitement it brings, we are absolutely delighted that the Border-Gavaskar Cup has been expanded to five Tests .”

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