Australia's national cricket team in India for the 2016-17 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to India in the 2016/17 season , also known as the 2016/17 Border – Gavaskar Trophy , took place from February 23 to March 29, 2017. The international cricket tour was part of the 2016/17 international cricket season and comprised four tests . India won the series 2–1.

prehistory

India previously played a Test against Bangladesh and Australia played a tour against Sri Lanka that ended just the day before. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2015/16 season in Australia .

Stages

Bengaluru Dharamsala Pune Ranchi

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on June 9, 2016.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru	42,000	2nd test
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium	Dharamsala	23,000	4th test
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium	Pune	42,000	1st test
JSCA International Stadium Complex	Ranchi	39,133	3rd test

Squad lists

Australia named their squad on January 15, 2017. India named their squad on February 14, 2017.

test
India	Australia
Virat Kohli ( K ) Ajinkya Rahane ( UK ) Ravichandran Ashwin Shreyas Iyer Ravindra Jadeja Bhuvneshwar Kumar Abhinav Mukund Karun Nair Hardik Pandya Cheteshwar Pujara KL Rahul Wriddhiman Saha ( wk ) Ishant Sharma Murali Vijay Jayant Yadav Kuldeep Yadav Umesh Yadav	Steve Smith ( K ) David Warner ( UK ) Ashton agar Jackson Bird Pat Cummins Peter Handscomb Josh Hazlewood Steve O'Keefe Usman Khawaja Nathan Lyon Shaun Marsh Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Matt Renshaw Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis Mitchell Swepson Matthew Wade ( wk )

Testing

First test in Pune

February 23-25 scorecard	Pune	Australia 260 (94.5) & 285 (87)	-	India 105 (40.1) & 107 (33.5)
		Australia wins with 333 runs

Second test in Bengaluru

March 4-7 Scorecard	Bengaluru	India 189 (71.2) & 274 (97.1)	-	Australia 276 (122.4) & 112 (35.4)
		India wins with 75 runs

During the test, the Indian team complained when the Australian captain sought outside help before calling the Decision Review System . However, no misconduct was found by the world association ICC.

Third test at Ranchi

March 16-20 Scorecard	Ranchi	Australia 451 (137.3) & 204-6 (100)	-	India 603-9d (210)
		draw

Fourth test in Dharamsala

March 25-28 Scorecard	Dharamsala	Australia 300 (88.3) & 137 (53.5)	-	India 332 (118.1) & 106-2 (23.5)
		India wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia to play Test in India a day after T20 in Adelaide ( English ) Cricinfo. October 21, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
2. ↑ BCCI ushers in big home season: 13 tests, six new venues ( English ) Cricinfo. June 9, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
3. ↑ Swepson joins spin quartet for India ( English ) Cricinfo. January 15, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
4. ↑ India unchanged for first two Australia Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. February 14, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
5. ↑ No action against Smith or Kohli, says ICC ( English ) Cricinfo. March 8, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.