India Vs Australia Border-Gavaskar Trophy

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India Vs Australia Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Things You Should Know
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About Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Border-Gavaskar Trophy was first played in 1996
between India Vs Australia. The two rival nations
started this trophy in the names of legendary
cricketer Allan Border from Australia and Sunil
Gavaskar from India. The test match comprised of
just one Test Match. But in the recent years
escalating rivalry between the two nations has
given rise to one of the most followed series in
cricket.
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12th Border-Gavaskar Trophy
The 12th Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts coming
Tuesday, here are some facts about the
Border-Gavaskar trophy that will delight you says
Vaikundarajan.

• India and Australia so far have contested for
  Border-Gavaskar Trophy 11 times, with India
  winning six times, Australia four times and one
  series resulting in a draw.
• These 11 series accumulate to total of 36 Test
  matches. India leads with 16 wins, Australia have
  won 14 while 6 Test matches have resulted in
  draw.
• In Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Master Blaster Sachin
  Tendulkar has scored the most runs. In 34 matches
  he has played, Tendulkar has scored 3,262 runs at
  an impressive average of 56.24 followed by Ricky
  Pointing who has scored 2,555 runs from 29
  matches.

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• Anil Kumble is the leading wicket-taker in the
  Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The leg-spinner has
  picked 111 wickets from 20 matches while
  Harbhajan Singh occupies the second spot with 95
  wickets from 18 matches. Any surprise for Shane
  Warne not occupying any of the top two spots?
• Both Ricky Pointing and MS Dhoni have captained
  their respective sides 11 times, the most by any
  other captain from both the nations in the
  Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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Overall Result
Vaikundarajan shares overall India and Australia
have played each other in 86 Test matches. In
which Australia have won 38 matches and India in
24 matches. Rest of 23 test matches ended in draw
and one resulted in tie.
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With the four-test match series starting from
December 9 at Adelaide Oval, now it will be
interesting to see if which team emerges to come
out on top.
It will be more pressure over Australia as the
they have lost the aggressive player Phillip
Hughes' in a tragic manner.
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India will finally get down to serious
competition with Virat Kohli leading the side in
place of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is still
recovering from a hairline fracture in his right
thumb says Vaikundarajan.
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