Australia vs India Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Match times, schedule, teams

What’s at stake as India face Australia in the five-match Test series? Who are the key players? Al Jazeera answers.

Cricket powerhouses India and Australia are set to renew their fierce rivalry in a five-match Test series in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which gets under way in Perth on Friday.

Millions of fans around the world are expected to follow the series as some of the sport’s biggest stars, including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins and Steve Smith, take to the field for seven and a half weeks of Test cricket action in the Australian summer.

Here’s everything you need to know about the series:

Apart from the tangible – a shiny golden trophy – both teams will be fighting for a place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final 2025.

A series win for India could consolidate their Test dominance over their rivals, while an Australian win could mark a shift in power to the Southern Hemisphere.