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(Reuters) - Following are facts and figures ahead of the four-match test series between India and Australia which begins on Thursday:
FIXTURES
First test: Feb. 9-13, Nagpur
Second test: Feb. 17-21, New Delhi
Third test: March 1-5, Dharamsala
Fourth test: March 9-13, Ahmedabad
* Play begins 0400 GMT/0930 local
INDIA
World ranking: 2
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Coach: Rahul Dravid
Top-ranked batsman: Rohit Sharma (10)
Top-ranked bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin (4)
India squad for first two tests: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
AUSTRALIA
World ranking: 1
Captain: Pat Cummins
Coach: Andrew McDonald
Top-ranked batsman: Marnus Labuschagne (1)
Top-ranked bowler: Pat Cummins (1)
Australia squad: Pat Cummins (captain), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
Test series: 27
India wins: 10
Australia wins: 12
Draws: 5
LAST THREE SERIES
2020-21: India beat Australia 2-1 in four-test series in Australia
2018-19: India beat Australia 2-1 in four-test series in Australia
2016-17: India beat Australia 2-1 in four-test series in India
(Compiled by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford & Shri Navaratnam)
