India In Australia Cricket Series 2011-12

4 TESTS AND 2 T20IS

India will take Australia on, in a Border Gavaskar Trophy four Test match cricket series [1 2 3 4] and India vs Australia T20I Series in Australia from Dec 26 2011 - Feb 3 2012. India has not lost to Australia since the Sydney test in 2008, winning 5 and drawing 3 matches afterwards including two 2-0 series wins in India.
The India vs Australia series will be followed by a Tri-nation Commonwealth Bank Series, which includes Sri Lanka.
Details about live telecast and online streaming.

Indian Cricket Stars

Kapil Dev Nikhanj | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar | Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar | Roger Michael Humphrey Binny | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri | Mohinder Amarnath | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar | Ajit Agarkar | Anil Kumble | Dinesh Karthik | Dinesh Mongia | Gautam Gambir | Harbhajan Singh | Irfan Pathan | Ishant Sharma | Joginder Sharma | Mohammad Kaif | MS Dhoni | Munaf Patel | Murali Kartik | Murali Vijay | Piyush Chawla | Pragyan Ojha | Rahul Dravid | Ramesh Powar | Robin Uthappa | Rohit Sharma | RP Singh |Sourav Ganguly | Sreesanth | Suresh Raina | Virat Kohli | Virender Sehwag | VRV Singh | VVS Laxman | Wasim Jaffer | Yusuf Pathan | Yuvraj Singh | Zaheer Khan

Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid, a cricketer who seamlessly blends an old-world classicism with a new-age professionalism, is the best No. 3 batsman to play for India - and might even be considered one of the best ever by the time his career is done. He already averages around 60 at that position, more than any regular No. 3 batsman in the game's history, barring Don Bradman. Unusually for an Indian batsman, he also averages more overseas - around 60, again - than at home. But impressive as his statistics are, they cannot represent the extent of his importance to India, or the beauty of his batsmanship. When Dravid began playing Test cricket, he was quickly stereotyped as a technically correct player capable of stonewalling against the best attacks - his early nickname was 'The Wall' - but of little else. As the years went by, though, Dravid, a sincere batsman who brought humility and a deep intelligence to his study of the game, grew in stature, finally reaching full blossom under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy. As a New India emerged, so did a new Dravid: first, he put on the wicketkeeping gloves in one-dayers, and transformed himself into an astute finisher in the middle-order; then, he strung together a series of awe-inspiring performances in Test matches, as India crept closer and closer to their quest of an overseas series win. Dravid's golden phase began, arguably, in Kolkata 2001, with a supporting act, when he made 180 to supplement VVS Laxman's classic effort of 281 against Australia. But from then on, Dravid became India's most valuable player, saving them Tests at Port Elizabeth, Georgetown and Trent Bridge, winning them Tests at Headlingley, Adelaide, Kandy and Rawalpindi. At one point during this run, he carved up four centuries in successive innings, and hit four double-centuries in the space of 15 Tests, including in historic away-wins at Adelaide and Rawalpindi. As India finished off the 2004 Pakistan tour on a winning note, on the back of Dravid's epic 270, his average crept past Sachin Tendulkar's - and it seemed no aberration. Dravid's amazing run was no triumph of substance over style, though, for he has plenty of both. A classical strokeplayer who plays every shot in the book, he often outscores team-mates like Tendulkar and Laxman in the course of partnerships with them, and while his pulling and cover-driving is especially breathtaking, he has every other shot in the book as well. He is both an artist and a craftsman, repeatedly constructing innings that stand out not merely for the beauty of their execution, but for the context in which they come. By the time he entered his 30s, Dravid was already in the pantheon of great Indian batsmen, alongside Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar. In October 2005, he was appointed captain the one-day side, began with a thumping 6-1 hammering of Sri Lanka in a home series, and was soon given responsibility of the Test side as well, taking over from the controversy-shrouded Sourav Ganguly.

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
ICC Test Player of the Year 2004
ICC Player of the Year 2004

Full name	Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born	January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Major teams	India, Scotland, ACC Asian XI, ICC World XI, Karnataka, Kent
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak

Career statistics
Test debut	England v India at Lord's - Jun 20-24, 1996
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Singapore - Apr 3, 1996
First-class span	1990/91 - 2005/06
List A span	1992/93 - 2005/06