Test series[edit]

Main article: Border–Gavaskar Trophy

1st Test[edit]
17–21 December
2020[n 4]
 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  v  Australia
244 (93.1 overs) 191 (72.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 74 (180) Tim Paine 73* (99)
Mitchell Starc 4/53 (21 overs) Ravichandran Ashwin 4/55 (18
overs)
36 (21.2 overs) 2/93 (21 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 9 (40) Joe Burns 51* (63)
Josh Hazlewood 5/8 (5 overs) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/16 (6 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Paul
Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Tim Paine (Aus)

 India won the toss and elected to bat.

 Cameron Green (Aus) made his Test debut.
 Mayank Agarwal (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in Tests.[100]
 Pat Cummins (Aus) took his 150th wicket in Tests.[101]
 Josh Hazlewood (Aus) took his 200th wicket in Tests.[102]
 India recorded their lowest team total in Tests and the joint-fourth
lowest overall.[103] It was the first instance in Tests when all 11 batsmen,
and extras, did not cross single-figures in an innings.[104]
 World Test Championship points: Australia 30, India 0.

Day One[edit]

Prithvi Shaw was bowled by Mitchell Starc with the second ball of the

match.[105] India consolidated by batting slowly, even as multiple chances
were created but not taken by the Australians [106]—Pujara had chances
while on 0, 2 and 4, all evading fielders. India lost Agarwal with a ball
from Cummins that nipped between bat and pad. [106] Kohli and Pujara
were not out at the lunch break, with India 2/41 after 25 overs, Pujara 17
and Kohli 5.[105] India continued to bat slowly until tea, even after losing
Pujara for 43 from 160 balls, India were 3/107 at the tea break. [107]
[105]
 Just after 9pm, Rahane drove the ball to mid-off and called a run,
but sent Kohli back leaving him stranded in the middle of the pitch.
Hazlewood fielded the ball and Lyon broke the stumps, with Kohli
being run out for 74.[105][106] Rahane followed shortly after as he was
dismissed lbw to Starc for 42 off 92 balls.[107] Vihari was soon dismissed
by Hazlewood, also by lbw, for 16 runs.[105][108] After India were ahead for
most of the day, Australia were now even or just in front, with India
6/233 at stumps.[105][108][109]
Day Two[edit]

India lost their seventh wicket without adding to their overnight score,
Ashwin dismissed by Cummins on the 3rd ball of the day. [110][105] Saha
flashed at a wide ball from Starc the next over, but all he could manage
was an edge through to Paine behind the stumps. [105][110] The Indian tail
lasted only a few more overs, with Starc and Cummins claiming the final
two wickets of Yadav for 6 and Shami for a duck. [105] India was all out
for 244, adding only 11 to their overnight score.

Australia, like India, batted slowly with four consecutive maidens at the
start of the innings.[110] Wade, who was only 8 off 50 balls, was deceived
by Bumrah as he fell over his front pad and was trapped infront, a DRS
review doing nothing to help his cause. [111] Australia was 1/16 after 14.1
overs.[105] Burns was lbw to Bumrah on the final ball of his next over,
which was again reviewed but showed the ball crashing into the stumps.
[111]
 Labuschagne and Smith were at the wicket. Labuschagne was given
three chances with two drops by Bumrah and Shaw. [112] Shortly after the
Shaw drop, Smith was almost runout at the non-striker's end as he was
sent back by Labuschagne. However his luck ran out as he edged one
from Ashwin to first slip, scoring just 1 from 29 balls as India dried up
his scoring. Australia was 3/45 from 27 overs. [105] Head and Green were
skittled by Ashwin for low scores as Australia struggled to 5/92 from 48
overs at tea, Labuschagne was 46* and Paine was 9*. [105] Labuschagne
perished soon after tea but Paine rescued Australia's innings slightly as
the tail wagged, dragging Australia to 191 from 72.1 overs, Paine
stranded on 73* from 99 balls.[105] Australia had 6 overs to bowl at the
Indian openers, and managed to capture Shaw's wicket in the 4th over
for 4. India sent out Bumrah as a nightwatchman, India 1/9 at stumps
with a lead of 62.[113]

Day Three[edit]

A remarkable spell of bowling followed. [114][115] Bumrah was caught and

bowled by Cummins in the second over of the day for 2. [116] India was
now 2/15.[105] Pujara was removed for an eight-ball duck the next over by
Cummins.[117] Hazlewood continued, taking Agarwal for 9 and Rahane in
the following over, completing a double-wicket maiden. The collapse
continued as Kohli came to the wicket and scored a flashy four through
gully but as he tried to repeat it, the ball caught the edge and was caught
at gully by the debutant Green.[117] India was 6/19 with a lead of just 72.
Saha was caught by Labuschagne at midwicket for 4 in the 19th over,
[105]
 the replacement Ashwin being removed for a golden duck, both by
Hazlewood. Vihari was taken by Hazlewood in the 21st over taking the
score to 9/31.[105] Cummins bowled the next over and hit Shami on his
bowling arm. He tried to continue after being treated, but left the field
and retired hurt. It was later revealed he had suffered a fractured wrist
after undergoing scans.[118] India had been bowled out for 36, their lowest
in an innings of a Test match. This was the first time in an innings no
batsman or extras had reached double figures.[119]

Australia had been set 90 to win. Australia had 5 overs before the lunch
break and reached the interval without losing a wicket, 0/15. [105] The
openers Burns and Wade reached 70 but then Wade was dismissed in a
bizarre runout where the ball bounced off short leg's protective pad,
Saha collecting it and flicking it through his legs to dislodge the bails.
[120]
 Labuschagne came to the crease and tried to attack Ashwin, top
edging a hit over midwicket, caught by Agarwal at mid on. [121] In what
would be the final over of the match, Smith came to the wicket and
scored a single off his first ball.[122] Umesh bowled wide to Burns and he
hit it through the slips cordon for 4. Burns, looking for his 50, hit the ball
down to the fine leg fence, Vihari dropping the catch on the boundary,
thus causing the ball to fly over for 6, Burns finishing on 51* along with
Smith 1*, Australia winning by 8 wickets.[105][121]