The Boxing DAY Test, India vs Australia, will start on December 26, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, India has won 4 times in MCG, and has a special cricketing tradition. When it features India vs Australia.
History of Boxing Day Tests
In 1968, the first match was played 11 against England, 9 against India, 7 against West Indies, 6 against South Africa, 5 against Pakistan, 3 against New Zealand, and 2 against Sri Lanka. England won most 4, followed by India 2, South Africa and West Indies each one.
For India, the Boxing Day Test has been some unforgettable moments. 2018 and 2020 India won the both matches under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, and Ajinkya Rahane.
2018 scorecard
India
443/7d & 106/8d
Australia
151 & 261
India won by 137 runs
Player Of The Match
Jasprit Bumrah, IND
6/33 & 3/53
India 1st Innings
Batting
Hanuma Vihari 8
Mayank Agarawal 76
Cheteshwar Pujara 106
Virat Kohli (c) 82
Ajinkya Rahane 34
Rohit Sharma 63
Rishabh Pant 39
Ravindra Jadeja 4
Extras: 31 (b 15, lb 14, nb 1, w 1)
Total: 443/7d Over: 169.4
Bowling Mitchell Starc 87/2 Josh Hazlewood 86/1 Nathan Lyon 110/1 Pat Cummins 72/ 3 Mitchell Marsh 51/0 Aaron Finch 8/0
Australia 1st Innings
Batting
Marcus Harris 22
Aaron Finch 8
Usman Khawaja 21
Shaun Marsh 19
Travis Head 20
Mitchell Marsh 9
Tim Paine (c)† 22
Pat Cummins 17
Mitchell Starc 7*
Nathan Lyon 0
Josh Hazlewood 0
Extras: 6 (b 4, nb 1, w 1)
Total: 151 Over: 66.5
Bowling
Ishant Sharma 13/1
Jasprit Bumrah 33/6
Ravindra Jadeja 45/2
Mohammed Shami 27/1
Hanuma Vihari 1/0
India 2nd Innings
Batting
Hanuma Vihari 13
Mayank Agarawal 42
Cheteshwar Pujara 0
Virat Kohli (c) 0
Ajinkya Rahane 1
Rohit Sharma 5
Rishabh Pant † 33
Ravindra Jadeja 5
Mohammed Shami 0
Extras: 7 (b 5, lb 1, w 1)
Total: 106/8 Over: 37.3
Bowling
Mitchell Starc 11/0
Josh Hazlewood 22/2
Nathan Lyon 40/0
Pat Cummins 27/6
Australia 2nd Innings (Target: 399 runs)
Batting
Marcus Harris 13
Aaron Finch 3
Usman Khawaja 33
Shaun Marsh 44
Travis Head 34
Mitchell Marsh 10
Tim Paine (c)† 26
Pat Cummins 63
Mitchell Starc 18
Nathan Lyon 7
Josh Hazlewood 0
Extras: 10 (b 2, lb 6, w 2)
Total: 261 Over: 89.3
Bowling
Ishant Sharma 40/2
Jasprit Bumrah 53/3
Ravindra Jadeja 82/3
Mohammed Shami 71/2
Hanuma Vihari 7/0
2020 scorecard
Australia
195 & 200
India
(Target:70) 326 & 70/2
India won by 8 wickets
Player Of The Match
Ajinkya Rahane
IND 112 & 27*
Australia 1st Innings
Batting
Joe Burns 0
Matthew Wade 30
Marnus Labuschagne 48
Steven Smith 0
Travis Head 38
Cameron Green 12
Tim Paine (c)† 13
Pat Cummins 9
Mitchell Starc 7
Nathan Lyon 20
Josh Hazlewood 4*
Extras: 14 (b 10, nb 3, w 1)
Total: 195 Over: 72.3
Bowling
Jasprit Bumrah 56/4
Umesh Yadav 39/0
Ravichandran Ashwin 35/3
Ravindra Jadeja 15/1
Mohammed Siraj 40/2
India 1st Innings Batting Mayank Agarawal 0 Shubman Gill 45 Cheteshwar Pujara 17 Ajinkya Rahane (c) 112 Hanuma Vihari 21 Rishabh Pant † 29 Ravindra Jadeja 57 Ravichandran Ashwin 14 Umesh Yadav 9 Jasprit Bumrah 0 Mohammed Siraj 0* Extras: 22 (nb 2, b 12, w 2, lb 6) Total: 326 Over: 115.1
Bowling
Mitchell Starc 78/3
Pat Cummins 80/2
Josh Hazlewood 47/1
Nathan Lyon 72/3
Cameron Green 31/0
Australia 2nd Innings Batting Matthew Wade 40 Joe Burns 4 Marnus Labuschagne 28 Steven Smith 8 Travis Head 17 Cameron Green 45 Tim Paine (c)† 1 Pat Cummins 22 Mitchell Starc 14* Nathan Lyon 3 Josh Hazlewood 10 Extras: 8(lb 5, nb 3) Total: 200 Over: 103.1
Bowling
Jasprit Bumrah 54/2
Umesh Yadav 5/1
Mohammed Siraj 37/3
Ravichandran Ashwin 71/2
Ravindra Jadeja 28/2
India 2nd Innings (Target: 70 runs) Batting Mayank Agarawal 5 Shubman Gill 35* Cheteshwar Pujara 3 Ajinkya Rahane (c) 27* Extras: 0 Total: 72/2 Over: 15.5
Bowling
Mitchell Starc 20/1
Pat Cummins 22/1
Josh Hazlewood 14/0
Nathan Lyon 5/0
Marnus Labuschagne 9/0
Big challenge for Rohit Sharma
Rohit as captain this big challenge for him in the last 2 boxing day test matches India won will be pressure on him. Even though he is out of form even struggling with knee pain during net practice.
Even Travis Head facing the injuries doubt playing a boxing day match.
India and Australia will go with the same lineup.