Team India is scheduled to tour Australia for four-match Test series later this year. The Boxing Day Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground is also the part of the tour, but the increase in COVID-19 cases in the Australian state of Victoria has cast some doubts over the venue hosting the iconic Test.

Victoria has reported 75 new cases on Monday, which pushed health officials in Queensland to closed its borders with the rest of Australia, to enact tough new protocols.

On Tuesday, the three-match ODI series between Australia and Zimbabwe, scheduled to be played Down Under in August, has been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier, Australia Test captain Tim Paine also expressed his fear regarding the matter and said the Boxing Day Test could be moved out of the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in the wake of rising cases of coronavirus in Victoria.

"Certainly, from a player's point of view, we want to be playing in front of big crowds at the best venues and a big day like Boxing Day is something that everyone looks forward to and a big part of that is playing at the MCG," the keeper-batsman said in a video message posted on CA website.