FACTBOX-Cricket-Australia v India, first test

Factbox on the first test between Australia and India, which begins on Thursday: WHEN?

Factbox on the first test between Australia and India, which begins on Thursday:

WHEN? Dec. 17-21 (2:30 p.m. local time/0400 GMT)

WHERE? Adelaide Oval (21,000 restricted capacity)

MATCH OFFICIALS (all Australian) Umpires: Paul Reiffel, Bruce Oxenford

Third umpire: Rod Tucker Match referee: David Boon

AUSTRALIA World ranking: 1

Coach: Justin Langer Captain: Tim Paine

Team (likely): Joe Burns, Matthew Wade, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Paine (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon. INDIA

World ranking: 3 Coach: Ravi Shastri

Captain: Virat Kohli Team: Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.

PREVIOUS ADELAIDE OVAL TESTS 1948 - Australia won by an innings and 16 runs

1967 - Australia won by 146 runs 1978 - Australia won by 47 runs

1981 - Match drawn 1985 - Match drawn

1992 - Australia won by 38 runs 1999 - Australia won by 285 runs

2003 - India won by four wickets 2008 - Match drawn

2012 - Australia won by 298 runs 2014 - Australia won by 48 runs

2018 - India won by 31 runs REMAINING FIXTURES

Dec. 26-30 Second test Melbourne Cricket Ground (1030 a.m. local/2330 GMT) Jan. 7-11 Third test Sydney Cricket Ground (1030 a.m. local/2330 GMT)

Jan. 15-19 Fourth test the Gabba, Brisbane (1000 a.m. local/0000 GMT) (Compiled by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford )