India has the upper hand at Holkar Stadium, Australia will play Test on this ground for the first time
Teams of India and Australia will be face-to-face on Wednesday in the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Holkar Stadium, which is called the “batsmen’s paradise” where the host team has always had the upper hand. In the past 17-year history of this Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) ground, India has won every match in all three formats of international cricket (Test, ODI and T20) except for one match.
Australia, on the other hand, have little experience of playing at the Holkar Stadium with a capacity of around 27,000 spectators. Australia have played the only match at this ground as a one-day match held on 24 September 2017, in which they had to face a five-wicket defeat at the hands of India. Incidentally, it was Steve Smith, who was leading Australia in this 2017 match as well, who will be seen as the stand-in captain of the team in Wednesday’s Test as regular captain Pat Cummins is back home to take care of his ailing mother. have returned.
Only two Test matches have been played at the Holkar Stadium in which India have won against New Zealand and Bangladesh. The Indian team has been victorious in all the six One Day Internationals held at the Holkar Stadium since 2006 and has defeated Australia, England, West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand in this limited overs format.
India has won two of the three T20 Internationals played at the Holkar Stadium so far, while the hosts lost to South Africa in a match held on October 4, 2022. On the dominance of the Indian team at the Holkar Stadium, former BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale told PTI- Any cricket team in the world gets the psychological advantage of its home ground. Anyway, it is not easy for any opposition team to beat India in India.
