Border-Gavaskar Trophy expanded to 5 Tests© BCCI
The latest edition of the marquee Border-Gavaskar Trophy was expanded on Monday to include a match with India and Australia set to play five Tests later this year for the first time since the 1991-92 season, Cricket Australia (CA) announced. The full schedule for the 2024-2025 series will be announced in the coming days. “For the first time since 1991-92, Australia and India will compete in a five-Test series this summer. The extended series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will headline the 2024-25 home summer schedule to be released in 2024. in the coming days,” CA wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The BCCI and CA jointly announced the development.
“The BCCI remains steadfast in its commitment to preserving the rich legacy of Test Cricket, a format we hold dear,” BCCI Secretary Jay Shah said in a CA press release.
“Our continued partnership with Cricket Australia in expanding the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to five Tests underlines our collective commitment to nurturing and elevating the significance of Test cricket.
“This expansion reflects our shared vision to enhance the essence of Test cricket and uphold its legacy,” he added.
In the last four series between the two teams, India have won on all four occasions, including back-to-back Test series victories in 2018-19 and 2020-21.
However, Pat Cummins and Co defeated Indian in the final of the World Test Championship in London last year.
Perth will host the opening Test of the five-match series this year. CA has yet to come up with the final schedule, but the series is likely to begin in late November this year.
“We are absolutely delighted that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been expanded to five Tests, given the intense rivalry between our two great cricketing nations and the excitement this creates,” said CA chairman Mike Baird.
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