Australia will be hosting India at the iconic Gabba in Brisbane for the third Test of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy after the series getting levelled 1-1.
India won the first Test in Perth by a margin of 295 runs while Australia levelled the series in Adelaide where they won the match by 10 wickets in the only pink-ball Test of the series.
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The Gabba is famously known as the fortress of the Australian Test side which was breached by India during the 2020/21 series by 3 wickets. It was the first instance since November 1988 when the hosts were defeated by West Indies by 9 wickets.
Since losing in Brisbane after 32 years, they once again lost to West Indies by 8 runs in January of 2024.
Let us see what their record is at the Gabba.
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What is Australia’s Test record at the Gabba, Brisbane?
In their last 35 Test matches since the aforementioned 1988 Test match against West Indies, Australia has only lost two encounters and drawn 7 while winning 26.
Historically, since their first-ever Test at the venue in November 1931 where they won against South Africa by an innings and 163 runs, they have played 66 Tests while only losing 10 out of them.
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Indeed, Gabba remains a fortress for the Aussies and India will have to repeat their form from the last series where Rishabh Pant’s heroics stole the show and helped the visitors breach the fortress.
Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1931-2024 | 66 | 42 | 10 | 13 | 1 |
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