The world's number one Test team Australia takes on world number two India in the 16th meeting for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
India are the current holders with Australia's last series win coming in 2014/15. The upcoming 2023 series will be hosted in India and will be a series of four tests commencing in February.
With this series set up to be an excellent display of quality, it is time to take a trip down memory lane and look at the best five Test series against our Indian rivals.
1. 2020/21 Border-Gavaskar series.
Results: India won 2-1 (1 draw). Pat Cummins Player of the Series.
The most recent and for India, regarded as one of, if not their best all-time Test series victory.
The first Test shocked the world with India's lowest ever Test score. This first Test looked to set the tone for an Australian series win, but drama was to come.
Virat Kohli was India's best batter before being run out in 74 by Ajinkya Rahane who fell on 42 soon after. India set a total of 244. Australia then was handed a reality check after being bowled for just 191. But an unbeaten 73 not out knock from captain Tim Paine helped the score.
India then had one of the worst Test innings of all time. 36 all out with Josh Hazlewood claiming 5/8. Not one batter made it to double figures in runs. Mayank Agarwal the top run scorer with nine runs.
Australia then easily claimed victory by eight wickets, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
The second Test saw an incredibly quick turnaround for India who proved many doubters wrong, bowling the Aussies for 195. They then established a good lead with Rahane again involved in a run out, this time his own wicket at stake for a well-made 112.
Mohammed Siraj had a breakout performance taking 3/37 off 21.3 overs leaving a small total for India to chase for victory. Australia couldn't repeat the embarrassment from the first Test, and India ended 70/2, winning by eight wickets.
The third Test left the series on a knife's edge, ending with a hard-fought draw. Steve Smith impressed before another run out on 131, Marnus Labuschagne making 91. Pat Cummins delivered an economical spell taking 4/29 off 21.4 overs before putting good runs on the board. Declaring at 312/6 after Smith scored 81 and Cameron Green blasted four massive sixes to make 84 runs.
India grinded out the draw after losing their main top order batters with Rohit Sharma making 52, Cheteshwar Pujara making 77 and Rishabh Pant making 97. Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin did the job scoring at very low strike rates. Vihari made 23 from 161, with Ashwin making 39 from 128.
The final Test saw India claim a monumental series victory with a three-wicket win. A respectable 369 off the back of a Labuschagne century was a good start for the Aussies. But India returned serve with 336 of their own hanging the Test series in the balance.
Siraj performed for India again with 5/73, with key wickets of Smith and Labuschagne. Cummins 4/55 wasn't enough to stop India who can thank Shubman Gill's 91 and Rishabh Pant's 89 not out for a three-wicket win and a famous series win.
