Cricket Australia (CA) has locked in the hosts for the four-match Border-Gavaskar Test series against India later in the year with Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney gearing up to host the Virat Kohli-led outfit.

India set for Border-Gavaskar trophy defense as Cricket Australia locks in Test venues; Tour to commence from December 3

Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne on Monday said that he and his teammates would be “pretty devastated” if India don’t tour Australia later in the year 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

"Would be devastating if India don’t tour Australia due to COVID-19 pandemic"

Cricket Australia (CA) is looking at all possible option in a bid to make sure India’s tour to Australia, scheduled to be played from November 2020 to January 2021, goes ahead as planned.

Cricket Australia fears losing 'hundreds of millions' if India's tour Down Under gets affected by COVID-19

India's stand-in captain Rohit Sharma said it was important for Shikhar Dhawan to return to form ahead of the crucial tour of Australia, which will be a completely "different ball game".

Dhawan's return to form was important ahead of Australia tour: Rohit Sharma