Test cricket is upon us as Australia and India prepare to play a five-match series.

The two cricket powerhouses are first and second on the World Test Championship ladder, but neither has assured themselves a spot in next year’s final.

Here is everything you need to know about this summer’s Test series.

When and where are the Test matches?

Here are the five Test matches Australia and India will play this summer:

• First Test: Perth, Perth Oval — November 22-26
• Second Test: Adelaide, Adelaide Oval — December 6-10
• Third Test: Brisbane, Gabba — December 14-18
• Fourth Test: Melbourne, MCG — December 26-30
• Fifth Test: Sydney, SCG — January 3-7

How can I watch the Test cricket?

The television broadcast of the Test series will be on both free-to-air and pay-television services.

Channel Seven and Fox Sports will broadcast all five Tests, and the series will also be streamed online through 7Plus and Kayo.

ABC Sport will have live digital and audio coverage throughout this summer of cricket.

Follow every ball live online with the ABC Sport live blog, and listen to all the action on ABC Radio or through the ABC listen App.

What are Australia and India playing for?

Australia and India play for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in a Test series.

The trophy is named after two legends of Test cricket.

Allan Border played 156 Test matches for Australia, 93 as captain.

Under his leadership, Australia grew into a cricket powerhouse, winning their first World Cup and securing the Ashes in England by the time he retired.

Border scored 11,174 runs at an average of 50.56, amassing 27 centuries.

Sunil Gavaskar was one of the great batters of his time.

He captained India and was a staple at the top of the batting order for 16 years.

Over 125 Tests, Gavaskar scored 10,122 at an average of 51.12. He was also part of India’s historic 1983 World Cup-winning side. He was the first batter to ever score more than 10,000 Test runs.

When did Australia and India last play a Test against each other?

The women’s teams faced off in a four-day Test last Christmas, with India scoring its first victory at Wankhede.

But this is the first meeting between the men’s teams in Test cricket since the 2023 World Test Championship final.

They met at the Oval in London in a one-off Test to decide the champion.

It was Australia’s first final while India was beaten finalists against New Zealand in the first-ever World Test Championship final two years earlier.

Australia dominated from the opening session of the Test to secure a 209-run win and become World Test Champions.

When are the women’s games?

Australia’s women’s team also takes on India this summer, facing off in three ODIs next month.

The first two games will be played at Allan Border Field in Brisbane on December 5 and 8, before the third match at the WACA in Perth on December 11.

Australia will then play three more 50-over games against New Zealand in Wellington on December 19, 21 and 23, before the Women’s Ashes starts at North Sydney Oval on January 12.

When did Australia last defeat India in a Test series?

Australia has not won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy since the summer of 2014-15, when it defeated India on home soil 2-0, in a four-Test series.

That series was overshadowed by the death of Phil Hughes, who died after being hit by a bouncer in a Sheffield Shield game prior to the series.

Nathan Lyon took seven wickets on the final day of the first Test to guide Australia to an emotionally charged 1-0 series lead.

Australia then won the second Test in Brisbane by four wickets, before a draw was played out in Melbourne and Sydney.

India has won the past four Test series between the two nations, including two series in Australia.

Those series wins, 2016-17 and 2020-21, are the only times India has won a series on Australia’s shores.

What are the best moments between Australia and India?

Well, that’s up to you.

This summer we’re running a poll on the top moments in Australia’s decades-long cricket history with India.

You can check out the top 40 and vote for your top five below.