Dec 25 (Reuters) - Factbox on the second test between Australia and India, which begins on Saturday:
WHEN?
Dec. 26-30 (10:30 a.m. local time/2330 GMT)
WHERE?
Melbourne Cricket Ground (30,000 restricted capacity)
MATCH OFFICIALS (all Australian)
Umpires: Rod Tucker, Paul Reiffel
Third umpire: Bruce Oxenford
Match referee: David Boon
AUSTRALIA
World ranking: 1
Coach: Justin Langer
Captain: Tim Paine
Team: Matthew Wade, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon.
INDIA
World ranking: 3
Coach: Ravi Shastri
Captain: Ajinkya Rahane
Team: Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
PREVIOUS MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND TESTS
1948 - Australia won by 233 runs
1948 - Australia won by an innings and 177 runs
1967 - Australia won by an innings and four runs
1977 - India won by 222 runs
1981 - India won by 59 runs
1985 - Match drawn
1991 - Australia won by eight wickets
1999 - Australia won by 180 runs
2003 - Australia won by nine wickets
2007 - Australia won by 337 runs
2011 - Australia won by 122 runs
2014 - Match drawn
2018 - India won by 137 runs
RESULTS
First test (Adelaide): Australia won by eight wickets
REMAINING FIXTURES
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 Shri Navaratnam)

Source: Reuters

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