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Cricket-India v Australia test series

NEW DELHI, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Factbox on the four-test series between India and Australia, which starts at Pune on Thursday: FIXTURES (all start at 0400 GMT): 1st test - Feb. 23-27, Pune 2nd test - March 4-8, Bengaluru 3rd test - March 16-20, Ranchi 4th test - March 25-29, Dharamsala INDIA Test ranking: 1 Captain: Virat Kohli Coach: Anil Kumble Squad: Kohli, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund, Hardik Pandya Recent form: Beat Bangladesh in one-off home test Beat England 4-0 in five-match home series Beat New Zealand 3-0 in three-match home series Beat West Indies 2-0 in four-match away series AUSTRALIA Test ranking: 2 Coach: Darren Lehmann Captain: Steve Smith Squad: Smith (captain), David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Wade, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Nathan Lyon, Stephen O'Keefe, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Swepson Recent form: Beat Pakistan 3-0 in three-match home series Lost to South Africa 2-1 in three-match home series Lost to Sri Lanka 3-0 in three-match away series Beat New Zealand 2-0 in two-match away series HEAD TO HEAD: Total: 90 Australia wins: 40 India wins: 24 Draws: 25 Tied: 1 IN INDIA: Total matches: 46 India wins: 19 Australia wins: 12 Draws: 14 Tied: 1 Last eight tests: Sydney Jan, 2015 Drawn Melbourne Dec, 2014 Drawn Brisbane Dec, 2014 Australia won by four wickets Adelaide Dec, 2014 Australia won by 48 runs Delhi March, 2013 India won by six wickets Mohali March, 2013 India won by six wickets Hyderabad March, 2013 India won by an innings and 135 runs Chennai Feb, 2013 India won by eight wickets (Compiled by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)