Australia’s much awaited tour of India is on the corner and I News India is coming up with some numbers game, let’s check them:

1> How many Aussies players are yet to make test debut? The answer is 4. This is for the first time that Australian team has 4 players yet to make a test debut. These players are Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger, Jason Kretza and Bryce McGain.

2> Are you aware how many players have already played in any test Match in India? The answer is again 4. The most experienced campaigner is Rickey Ponting who has the worst record in India. Other then the skipper of the Australian team it is Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich and Michael Clarke who had already played a test match in India. This simply means that in any match against India Aussies will play with at least 7 player’s who don’t have any experience of playing test match in India. This will surely boost the morale of Team India.

3> Do you know how many test matches Aussies lost against India in 21st Century? Well the answer is 5, the most number of matches in which Aussies faced a defeat against any country in the 21st century. While you will become surprised to know that Aussies has lost 4 test matches against England during this period.

4> What is the batting average of the leader of the touring team in India? It is merely 12.28 for Rickey Ponting in India. You won’t believe that in 8 matches Rickey could scored only 172 runs and out of that 60 is the maximum during the Kolkata Test in 1998.

5> Do you know the average age of the touring team? It is 30.5 (On 9th of October, at the beginning of the first test at Bangalore). The senior most guy is Matthew Hayden, who is 36 years old, and the youngest player is Peter Siddle who is 23 years old.

Well, these are a few number games about the forthcoming Aussies tour of India, for complete and live coverage of the matches please visit www.cricketupdates.in.