IND vs AUS 5th Test: History created at Sydney Cricket Ground, nearly 50-year-old record broken

The fifth Test match being played between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been recorded in the golden pages of history. In fact, on the first day of this match, the highest-ever attendance was recorded at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), with a record-breaking 47,566 spectators present in the stadium.

At tea time in the match, 47,566 spectators were present at the Sydney Cricket Ground. This is the largest attendance in Sydney for cricket since January 1976. On the attendance of a record number of cricket fans, Cricket Australia posted on X, “Records are constantly being broken. More than 45,000 spectators came through the gates of Sydney Cricket Ground on the first day.”