IND vs AUS: 3 Indian Players With The Most Runs In Border-Gavaskar Trophy

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 kicks off with the first test in Nagpur on February 9. The Aussies are topping the WTC points table followed by India in the second position. India needs to win the series to play the final against Australia.

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 series will be played across four different venues in India. The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur will host the first Test from February 9 to 13, and the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi will host the second Test from February 17 to 21.

The third Test will be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala from March 1 to 5 and the fourth Test will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad from March 9 to 13 which is likely to be a D/N Test.

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This will also be the final edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, a four-match Test series. According to the ICC’s Future Tours & Programme (FTP), it will be contested over five tests beginning in 2024. After a five-year wait, Delhi will host a Test for the first time. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the city missed out, having last hosted a Test against Sri Lanka in 2017.

India are the current holders of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy which they won 2-1 in 2021. The series was first played in 1996 when India toured Australia during the testing era of the 1990s Since then both countries have played some tough and comp[etetive cricket and visited each other every two to four years.

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The Border-Gavaskar series has seen almost three generations of Indian and Australian cricketers coming through the ranks and playing the series in the best of the spirit. From the likes of Sachin Tendulkar to Rahul Dravid to Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh the baton of scoring runs has now passed onto the likes of Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.

In the current generation of Indian cricketers, only four Indian batters have scored over 1000 runs in the historic series. However, the top Indian scorers in the series are from the previous generation of cricketers which is often referred to as the golden generation of Indian cricketers.

 IND vs AUS: 3 Indian Players With The Most Runs In Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Sachin Tendulkar (3262 Runs In 34 Matches)

Sachin Tendulkar has played the most matches and scored the most runs in the BGT series. He also has the most hundreds (9) and most fifties (16) in this historic Test series. Even after a decade after his retirement from cricket, Tendulkar is still the highest scorer in ODIs and Test matches.

He also has 100 international hundreds, a record that is still unbeaten. Virat Kohli with 76 international centuries is the next best on the list of most international hundreds.

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VVS Laxman (2434 Runs In 29 Matches)

VVS Laxman is the second-highest run-scorer in the history of the Border-Gavaskar series. He has played several match-winning innings for his country. Australia was his most favorite Test opponent during his career. The wristy batsman scored six hundred and 12 fifties in this bilateral tournament. 281 in Kolkata was his highest Test score that he registered in the historic Kolkata Test match. Laxman retired from Test cricket in 2021.

Rahul Dravid (2143 Runs In 32 Matches)

The head coach of the Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid is the third-highest run-getter for India in the BGT. Dravid was perhaps the most complete Test batsman for India and was the most reliable Test batsman.

The former Indian skipper played as many as 32 IND vs AUS Test matches scoring two hundreds and 13 fifties in the meantime. His highest score in the BGT series is 233 which he scored in Adelaide in the 2003-04 series.

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