Border-Gavaskar Trophy: What happened when Australia came to India Last Time? Check Out!

The
four
Tests
affair
start
in
Nagpur
and
will
be
followed
by
assignments
in
Delhi,
Dharamshala
and
Ahmedabad.

India,
going
into
the
series,
will
be
high
on
confidence.
The
team
has
done
exceedingly
well
in
limited-overs
format
and
Test
format
in
the
recent
past,
and
have
continued
their
sheer
dominace
at
home.
Along
with
that,
Rohit
Sharma
and
his
troops
will
also
gain
morale
from
their
outstanding
run
against
Australia,
as
they
have
won
all
of
their
last
three
Test
series,
two
of
them
in
Australia.

The
Aussies
are
coming
to
India
to
play
a
Test
for
the
first
time
since
2017.
And
the
last
time
they
came
to
India,
they
suffered
a
2-1
series
loss.

How
did
India
fare
in
that
series?

India
came
back
from
a
1-0
deficit
to
win
the
series
2-1.

1st
Test,
Pune:

India
lost
the
first
Test
in
Pune
as
the
visitors
won
by
a
mammoth
margin
of
333
runs.
Steve
O’Keefe
picked
up
12
wickets
with
the
ball
as
India
were
bowled
out
for
105
and
107
in
their
two
innings
to
suffer
a
heavy
defeat.

2nd
Test,
Bengaluru:

But
the
hosts
came
rallying
back
in
the
2nd
Test.
Despite
having
stutters
in
the
match,
brilliant
second-inning
bowling
earned
India
a
75-run
victory.

Ravichandran
Ashwin
picked
up
6
wickets
in
the
second
innings
as
Australia
got
bundled
out
for
just
112
runs,
while
chasing
a
moderate
188
runs.
KL
Rahul
scored
90
and
51
in
both
innings
and
was
adjudged
the
player
of
the
match.

3rd
Test,
Ranchi:

The
3rd
Test
in
Ranchi
was
a
dull
affair.
Batting
first,
Australia
scored
451
runs,
courtesy
of
Steve
Smith
(178)
and
Glenn
Maxwell
(104).
Ravindra
Jadeja
picked
up
5
wickets
with
the
ball.
India
piled
603/9
in
their
first
inning,
as
Cheteshwar
Pujara
scored
a
brilliant
double
century,
coupled
with
a
hundred
from
Wriddhiman
Saha.
The
match
ended
a
draw
and
Pujara
got
the
player
of
the
match
award.

4th
Test,
Dharamshala:

In
the
ultimate
decider
in
the
foothills
of
the
Dhauladhar,
India
prevailed
in
fantastic
style
to
clinch
the
series.

It
was
well
contested
in
the
first
innings
as
India
only
had
a
mere
lead
of
32
runs.
But
Indian
spinning
duo
Ravichandran
Ashwin
and
Ravindra
Jadeja
turned
the
tie
in
India’s
favour
in
the
second
innings
of
Australia.
The
pair
picked
up
a
combined
6
for
53
to
rattle
the
visitors,
as
they
crumbled
for
just
137
runs.
KL
Rahul
continued
his
brilliant
batting
again
and
saw
India
through
to
a
famous
victory
with
an
unbeaten
51
runs.
India
won
this
match
under
the
captaincy
of
Ajinkya
Rahane
as
then
captain
Virat
Kohli
was
left
out
with
a
problem.

Border-Gavaskar
Trophy
2016-17
Stats:

Highest
Run-Scorers
for
India:
Cheteshwar
Pujara
(405),
KL
Rahul
(393),
Ajinkya
Rahane
(198)

Highest
Run-Scorers
for
Australia:
Steve
Smith
(499),
Matt
Renshaw
(232),
Peter
Handscomb
(198)

Highest
Wicket-Takers
for
India:
Ravindra
Jadeja
(25),
Ravichandran
Ashwin
(21)

Highest
Wicket-Takers
for
Australia:
Steve
O’Keefe
(19),
Nathan
Lyon
(19)

India’s
advantage
over
Australia:

India
will
be
boosted
by
the
fact
that
4
of
their
top
5
performers
in
the
last
Test
series
against
Australia
at
home
will
be
available
for
this
series.
Spin
duo
Ashwin
and
Jadeja
are
expected
to
lead
the
line
while
there
can
be
added
responsibilities
on
KL
Rahul
with
the
absence
of
Rishabh
Pant.

Australia
do
have
the
top
three
run-scorers
from
the
previous
trip,
and
would
be
banking
on
a
lot
from
David
Warner,
who
has
been
out
of
touch
in
the
recent
past.

India’s
domination
at
home
in
the
last
few
years
has
been
frightening.
It
is
to
see
whether
the
men
from
down
under
can
change
the
tide,
or
they
too
bite
the
dust.