India will be facing Australia in the upcoming 4-match Test Series starting from 9th Feb at the Nagpur venue. Australia have almost qualified for WTC 23 Final while India would need at least 2 wins in this series to enter the Final of WTC 2023 without depending on other upcoming series results like WI vs SA and NZ vs SL respectively.
The Border Gavaskar Trophy has been a fiercely competed series with players from both teams dishing out their best performances. So, as India and Australia gear up for another edition of BGT, here in this article, we will have a look at the top-10 run-scorers and top-10 wicket-takers between both sides.
Top 10 run-scorers in Border Gavaskar Trophy (IND vs AUS Tests):
Sachin Tendulkar – 3262 (65 inns)
Ricky Ponting – 2555 (51 inns)
VVS Laxman – 2434 (54 inns)
Rahul Dravid – 2143 (60 inns)
Michael Clarke – 2049 (40 inns)
Cheteshwar Pujara – 1893 (37 inns)
Matthew Hayden – 1888 (35 inns)
Steven Smith – 1742 (28 inns)
Virender Sehwag – 1738 (43 inns)
Virat Kohli – 1682 (36 inns)
Top 10 wicket-takers in Border Gavaskar Trophy (IND vs AUS Tests):
Anil Kumble – 111 (38 inns)
Harbhajan Singh – 95 (35 inns)
Nathan Lyon – 94 (41 inns)
Ravichandran Ashwin – 89 (34 inns)
Ravindra Jadeja – 63 (22 inns)
Zaheer Khan – 61 (34 inns)
Ishant Sharma – 59 (46 inns)
Brett Lee – 53 (24 inns)
Josh Hazlewood – 51 (28 inns)
Glenn McGrath – 51 (22 inns)
IND-AUS Test Series results on IND soil:
Played – 14
India – 8
Australia – 4
Drawn – 2
The last time Australia won a Test series against India on Indian soil was in 2004 by a 2-1 (4) margin.
The last five IND-AUS Test series results on IND soil:
AUS won by 2-1 (4) in 2004
IND won by 2-0 (4) in 2008
IND won by 2-0 (2) in 2010
IND won by 4-0 (4) in 2013
IND won by 2-1 (4) in 2017
India will be facing Australia in the upcoming 4-match Test Series starting from 9th Feb at the Nagpur venue. Australia have almost qualified for WTC 23 Final while India would need at least 2 wins in this series to enter the Final of WTC 2023 without depending on other upcoming series results like WI vs SA and NZ vs SL respectively.
