History of Border Gavaskar Trophy

The Indian team is ready for their biggest cricket assignment this season as they are set to tour Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) where both the teams will be playing an exciting five-match Test series. Interestingly, the Australia vs India Test series will be starting for the first time in Perth this year with the opening Test match scheduled to begin from 22 November, 2024. The stakes are really high this time for both hosts Australia and Indian in this edition of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Australia will definitely start as the favourites, but they are yet to win a single BGT series since 2014 and moreover, India are the only Asian side to win back-back Test series in Australia. On the other hand, the visiting Indian cricket team are coming into this Border Gavaskar Trophy on the back of a humiliating 0-3 Test series loss at home against New Zealand. 

However, the Border Gavaskar Trophy has a rich cricketing history coming into existence from the year 1996. Incidentally, the Indian national cricket team played a total of 50 Test matches against Australia between 1947 and 1996. In order to celebrate and honour the fabulous achievements of cricketing greats, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border, it was decided that the Test series will be labelled as the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Both Border and Gavaskar have contributed immensely in the success of their respective teams both as captain and batter during their sensational cricketing careers. Let us take a look at the Border Gavaskar Trophy history and the India vs Australia Test series results so far:

All Border Gavaskar Trophy Results

Interestingly, a total of 16 Border Gavaskar Trophies have been held so far and it is the Indian team who have dominated the Aussie quite a few times. India have managed to win as many as 10 Border Gavaskar Trophies with two away wins and eight home Test series victories. On the other hand, Australia have claimed a total of five BGT victories with just win coming in India in 2004/05. 

The first-ever Border Gavaskar Trophy was played in 1996-97 season with India as the hosts. Interestingly, Team India managed to win the three-match IND vs AUS Test series by a 1-0 margin with the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar captaining the hosts against the Mark Taylor-led Australian team. Former wicket-keeper batsman Nayan Mongia was the Player of the Series. 

While talking about the one of the famous Border Gavaskar Trophy wins, the 2004/05 Test series victory by Australia cannot be missed. Under the captincy of legendary wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist, Australia toured India in 2004 for a four-match Test series. The visiting Australian team had a fabulous start in this IND vs AUS series with a massive 217-run victory over India in the first Test match in Bengaluru. The India vs Australia second Test match in Chennai ended in a draw as leg-spinner Anil Kumble managed to pick as many as 13 wickets in the game. On the back of Damien Martyn's staggering performance in both the innings, Australia went on to pick up another emphatic 342-run win against India in the third Test match hosted in Nagpur and this victory also helped the visitors win their first-ever Border Gavaskar Trophy in India. Although, India fought well for their pride and managed to win the fourth and final Test match of the series by 13 runs in Mumbai. 

On the other hand, India's famous Test series win Down Under came in the 2020/21 season which definitely has to be labelled as the series victory for the ages. The Australia vs India four-match Test series started with the first Test match being a day-night fixture hosted at the Adelaide Oval. The visiting Indian team suffered a humiliating 8-wicket loss where they were bowled out for 36 runs in the second runs and this was their lowest score in Test cricket. The then Indian captain Virat Kohli had to leave the Test series midway due to the birth of his first child and Ajinkya Rahane took over the captaincy duties for the remaining three games. Rahane led the team from the front with an exceptional hundred in the iconic Boxing Day Test match and India managed to level the series 1-1 with a smashing 8-wicket win.

The AUS vs IND third Test match in Sydney ended in a thrilling draw as the Indian duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari batted courageously against a quality Aussie bowling attack in some challenging conditions. With the series levelled at 1-1, things were poised to get really interesting and exciting in the final Test match to be hosted at The Gabba in Brisbane where Australia were yet to lose a Test match in the last 32 years. While riding on wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant's remarkable unbeaten knock of 89 runs in the fourth innings, India registered a historic 3-wicket victory over Australia and managed to claim back-to-back Test series win Down Under. 

India vs Australia 2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy schedule