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Indian cricket team has a chance to create history against Australia in Australia. Team India can do such a miracle by winning the Boxing Day Test which no team has done against the host team in 139 years. Currently both the teams are tied at 1-1 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. With winning the fourth match, India will be able to create a record of three consecutive Test wins in Melbourne.
The Indian team, which started the Australia tour with a spectacular win, lost in the second match. The third match was a draw between both the teams. The fourth match of the 5-match Test series can prove to be decisive for the series. Winning here means that Team India will retain its hold on the series. India can field with the same playing eleven which they fielded in the Gabba Test. R Ashwin has announced his retirement from international cricket and has returned home. Tanush Kotian has replaced him.
Series at an exciting turn
The five-match Border Gavaskar Trophy series is at an exciting turn. The Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will be the last blockbuster match of the year. On the one hand, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and on the other hand, a place in the final of the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC), both will be at stake. Both the teams will enter the fourth test with the series tied at 1-1. After India registered an impressive 295-run win in the opening match in Perth, Australia made a strong comeback by registering a pink ball Test win in Adelaide. The third Test affected by rain in Brisbane was a draw.
India has a chance to create history
The fourth Test of the series will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from 26 to 30 December. The five-match series is tied at 1-1 and this is an important match for both the teams. If India wins the MCG Test, they will become the first team to win 3 consecutive Tests at the prestigious venue since 1885.
If we look at the results of the Boxing Day Test, the Indian team seems to dominate the hosts. In 2014, 2018 and 2020, India played the Melbourne Test in Australia. Team India had registered a victory of 137 runs in 2018 while in 2020 it had defeated Australia by eight wickets.
Chance to score a hat-trick of wins in Melbourne
The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma has a chance to win for the third consecutive time at MCG. India had defeated Australia at this ground during its last two tours, in 2018 (by 137 runs) and 2020 (by 8 wickets). On both the tours, the Indian team was successful in winning the historic series under the captaincy of Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane respectively.
For the first time in 139 years…
India has a chance to become the visiting team to win three consecutive Test matches against Australia at the MCG. This happened only once 139 years ago in 1885. The England cricket team (1882, 1885, 1885) remains the only team to achieve this historic feat. Let us tell you that apart from India and England, no team in history has won more than three Tests against Australia at MCG.
Since England completed a hat-trick of wins at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1885, the feat of winning twice in a row has happened 8 times, but no team has been successful in doing so for the third time. England has done the feat of winning two consecutive Tests at this ground five times (1894-1895, 1911-12, 1925-28, 1951-1954, 1982-1986), while India has done it twice (1977-81, 2018-1986). 20) Achieved this feat. South Africa added to this club by winning in 1952 and 1953.
Guest teams with most Test wins in MCG
England – 20 (57 matches)
India – 4 (14 matches)
South Africa – 3 (13 matches)
West Indies – 3 (15 matches)
Pakistan – 2 (11 matches)
New Zealand – 0 (4 matches)
Sri Lanka – 0 (2 matches)
