New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Australia are set to kickoff their long schedule of playing 14 Tests over an eight-month span on Thursday (August 13) with the first game against Bangladesh at the Marrara Stadium Cricket Stadium in Darwin. The two teams will play two Tests in the month, as a part of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle.

While Australia lead the WTC standings, Bangladesh are placed fourth ahead of fifth-placed and two-time runners-up India. Australia have gone with a full-strength squad against Bangladesh, with the likes of captain Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon making a return.

Brendan Doggett, Todd Murphy and Jhye Richardson, who were a part of Australia's Ashes squad, have been left out while Mich...