Australia ponder changes as India chase history

Australia start the New Year trying to prevent India from creating history by winning a Test series in the country for the first time. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is secured after the victory in Melbourne, but it is the bigger prize that Virat Kohli has come for and India have to be favourites to close out the series in Sydney.

There is a feeling somewhat similar to when England won the Ashes in 2010-11: they had a victory in Adelaide before Australia bounced back in Perth to build their confidence, only to be blown away in Melbourne, when England retained the Ashes. Australia came to Sydney with a squared series the best they could get, and on that occasion England overwhelmed them and came away 3-1 victors.

Stats and trivia Australia made just four centuries in 2018, their lowest return since 1996 which brought two although from just five matches. Three of those hundreds came in the Sydney Test against England, from Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Marsh.

Kapil Dev holds the record for the most wickets by an India fast bowler in a Test series in Australia (25 in 1991-92), from five matches. Jasprit Bumrah currently has 20 wickets from three Tests.

The last time an Australia bowler not from New South Wales took a wicket on home soil was Jackson Bird in the 2016 Test against Pakistan in Melbourne.

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