For the first time since 1979-80, India will host Australia for a five-match or more Test series. But Mumbai, the home of Indian cricket, is not among the five Test venues for the big-ticket event. Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi, and Ahmedabad are the venues for the five Tests, the first of which starts on January 21, 2027.

Probably, more astounding is the fact that the Wankhede Stadium has not hosted an India vs Australia Test since 2004-05 when the series concluded with an India win despite Australia retaining the Border-Gavaskar with a 2-1 win. It is also useful to note that it was here in Mumbai where India achieved their first-ever series win over Australia; Sunil Gavaskar’s team beating Kim Hughes’s Australians 2-0 in 1979.