India Tour of Australia 2025: The Fight That Never Ends

Get ready for one of the hottest cricket tours of the year as India takes on Australia in a high-voltage run of ODIs and T20Is.

This series preview breaks down the full schedule, venues, key player battles and the big storylines to watch. From record-breaking ODI chases to explosive T20 battles every game is set to keep fans on the edge of their seats.

India Tour of Australia 2025: Hottest Series, Like the Ashes!

India’s heading to Australia for eight white-ball clashes spread across three states. It is not the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, yet every IND vs AUS battle carries that same old fire.

The contest is more than bat and ball. It is sledges flying, mind games brewing, little provocations that keep the blood boiling, and those off-camera reactions that live rent-free in fans’ memories. Kohli’s stare, Warner’s chatter, Steve Smith dusting up the crease, Ashwin’s cheeky head-pat celebration—each one is a dagger to the rival’s supporters.

On paper, it is just two world-class sides going at it. In reality, it is loaded with history, grudges, and fan wars that never end. This is no regular tour. This is the one fight, outside of The Ashes, that you can bet will never end peacefully.

Full Schedule & Venues 2025

This tour skips the Tests but makes up for it with a non-stop grind. Three ODIs and five T20Is packed into a tight calendar, each game ready to push players and fans to their limits!

Here is the full lineup of fixtures:

Australia switches to Daylight Saving Time in October, but not every state follows it. So here is the match start time in IST for you 👇

ODI Match Timings (Day/Night Games)

• 1st ODI – Perth → 11:30 AM IST
• 2nd ODI – Adelaide → 8:30 AM IST
• 3rd ODI – Sydney → 8:30 AM IST

T20I Match Timings (Night Games)

• 1st T20I – Canberra → 1:45 PM IST
• 2nd T20I – Melbourne → 1:45 PM IST
• 3rd T20I – Hobart → 1:45 PM IST
• 4th T20I – Gold Coast → 2:45 PM IST
• 5th T20I – Brisbane → 2:45 PM IST

So if you're watching from Mumbai, Delhi, or Chennai – no alarm clock needed for the T20s. Just be ready with snacks after lunch and enjoy the action!

India or Australia - Who is better

This debate has been going on for twenty years, so here is the verdict. In bilateral series between India and Australia, whether ODI or T20I, Australia has the stronger home record.

How did we reach that call? We looked at home win percentage.

India at home in ODIs

Around 71 games played – 33 wins, 10 losses, 5 no results.

Home win rate about 46%

Australia at home in ODIs

Around 50 games – 38 wins, 10 losses, 2 no results.

Home win rate about 76%

India at home in T20Is

Around 9 games – 7 wins, 2 losses.

Home win rate about 77%

Australia at home in T20Is

Around 7 games – 6 wins, 1 loss.

Home win rate about 85%

Still, if you go by ICC rankings, India edges past Australia. Of course, Tests are a different battlefield and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is a war of its own 😜

ODI - TEAM RANKINGS

01 INDIA 124

02 NEW ZEALAND 109

03 AUSTRALIA 109

04 SRI LANKA 103

05 PAKISTAN 102

FULL RANKINGS >

T20 - TEAM RANKINGS

01 INDIA 271

02 AUSTRALIA 266

03 ENGLAND 257

04 NEW ZEALAND 253

05 SOUTH AFRICA 242

FULL RANKINGS >

Can India replicate the 359-run ODI miracle?

To chase down 350 plus, you start fast, accelerate in the middle and keep two set batters going past 90. That is the only way you break the 350 wall.

ODI threshold: 70 in first 6 overs and 260 by 40 overs

First ball has not even been bowled and MCG feels like it is on fire. This is not just another ODI, this is Australia’s 359 and India’s payback day.

In 2013, Australia posted 359 for 5 in Jaipur. Bailey smashed 92, Watson added 59 and they set one of the highest ODI targets in history.

• Powerplay 69 without loss
• Rohit 141*, Kohli 100 off 52, Dhawan 95
• Target done in 43.3 overs

That’s the only way 350 plus is possible. Start fast, keep the middle tight, and don’t lose your main guys.

Read More: 2025 ODI Cricket: Format, Schedule & Betting Guide!

Can Australia finally stop a 235-run chase in T20I cricket?

To stop India from 230 plus, Powerplay must be 70 plus with set batters ready. If India gets 230 inside 20 overs, chase turns nasty.

T20I threshold: 70 plus in first 6 overs

Last time in Thiruvananthapuram, India hit 235 for 4. Stoinis and Tim David fought but lost by 44.

To survive 235 pressure, you must keep the run rate alive in Powerplay and protect key batters in the middle to avoid a late collapse.

• First 6 overs 70 plus to keep rate alive
• Protect key batters in the middle to avoid late collapse

If India posts 235 plus, you need a Warner or Maxwell style 50-ball ton. Without that, stopping a 235-run T20I chase against India is almost impossible.

See Also: T20 Cricket Guide: Format, India Team Schedule and Betting

IN vs AUS - When Teammates Become Rivals

This tour will be full of flashback moments. A glance across the pitch and you spot the same faces you once planned with, laughed with, and celebrated wins with in the IPL.

The same guy who shared your net sessions, travel days, and dressing-room jokes is now plotting your downfall in national colours. There is no need for ice-breaking here.Every quirk, every shot, every bowling setup has already been studied.

Now, it is all about using that knowledge first.

Shubman Gill vs Pat Cummins

IPL brothers: KKR

These two have shared enough KKR team talks to know each other’s cricketing habits inside out.

Gill knows Cummins loves hitting that fourth-stump line with the new ball and that his pace dips after a long spell. Cummins, on the other hand, has studied how Gill handles bounce and how he sometimes hesitates when switching gears in the middle overs.

This battle will be a grind of rhythm and seam, and whoever breaks the pattern first will take control.

Rishabh Pant vs Mitchell Marsh

IPL brothers: Delhi Capitals

Back at DC, Pant would test Marsh’s length balls in the nets, forcing Marsh to note every bit of his footwork and timing.

Now on opposite sides, Marsh will stick to wide, full lengths with pace changes to keep Pant from whipping to the leg side. Pant will look to close the gap early and send any short one over the ropes.

It is pure explosiveness meeting calculated tempo control.

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Ravindra Jadeja vs Josh Hazlewood

IPL brothers: Chennai Super Kings

In CSK yellow, Jadeja saw firsthand how Hazlewood thrives on relentless length, drawing batters into risky shots and keeping things tight under pressure. Hazlewood knows Jadeja’s quick-arm spin, that sneaky drift, and his love for mixing pace in the middle overs to choke scoring.

This is surgical seam versus street-smart spin at the highest level.

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