The 2024 Boxing Day Test is a seismic contest, with Australia and India locked 1-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

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All eyes will be on teen opening batter Sam Konstas, as he makes a remarkable debut for Australia.

Meanwhile, India was rocked by the snap retirement of champion spinner Ravichandran Ashwin after the third Test and appears a squad under pressure.

Here is the key information for one of the greatest days on the international cricket calendar.

BOXING DAY TEST TIMES

First ball: 10.30am AEDT

Lunch: 12.30pm AEDT

Second session: 1.10pm AEDT

Tea: 3.10pm AEDT

Third session: 3.30pm AEDT

*An extra 30 minutes can be used to complete daily overs

HOW TO WATCH

All five games of the Border-Gavaskar series are broadcast LIVE to Foxtel and Kayo on Australia’s only dedicated 24/7 cricket channel FOX CRICKET.

Catch all the international action every Australian summer on Foxtel.

BOXING DAY TEST SQUADS

Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Travis Head (vc), Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar. Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal

OFFICIALS

Joel Wilson and Michael Gough (field), Sharfuddoula Saikat (third), Shawn Craig (fourth), Andy Pycroft (referee)

FULL FIXTURES

1st Test, 22-26 November: India won by 295 runs

2nd Test, 6-10 December: Australia vs India — Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (3pm AEDT)

3rd Test, 14-18 December: Australia vs India — The Gabba, Brisbane (11:20am AEDT)

4th Test, 26-30 December: Australia vs India — MCG, Melbourne (10:30am AEDT)

5th Test, 3-7 January: Australia vs India — SCG, Sydney (10:30am AEDT)