Steve Smith and Rohit Sharma
The first match between India and Australia in the history of Test cricket was played in the year 1947, in which the Australian team won by an innings and 226 runs. After this, test series continued between the two teams at regular intervals. Then came the year 1996 and the India vs Australia Test series got a new name, which came to be known as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The first series of BGT was held in the year 1996, which was of only one match, in which Team India won. Since then, in the last 29 years, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has become very popular and it is one of the most challenging series in the world, which the fans are ready to watch with their eyes wide open.
Indian team is far ahead of Australia
There have been a total of 16 Border-Gavaskar Trophies between India and Australia, out of which India has won the BGT 10 times and the Australian team has been successful in winning only 5 times. One test series has been a draw. Apart from this, there have been a total of 56 test matches between India and Australia in BGT, out of which India has won 24. Australia has won 20 and 12 tests have been drawn. In this way, the data written above shows that the Indian team has the upper hand in Border-Gavaskar. Ever since Team India started the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (29 years). Has maintained his dominance.
The first match will be held in Perth on 22 November
If we look at the overall record between India and Australia, a total of 107 Test matches have been played between the two teams so far, out of which India has won 32. The Australian team has won in 45. 29 matches have been drawn and one match has been tied. Now in the year 2024, India and Australia are once again face to face for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The first match between the two teams will be played on November 22 at Perth ground.
Indian team for Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar
Reserve: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal
