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In early September, Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai were announced as their opponent and that the match would be played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. [4] India were coming on the back of a poor performance at the Champions Trophy. However, captain Sourav Ganguly dismissed its affects on the series and stated that "One-dayers are one-off games.
This Border–Gavaskar Trophy was composed of seven first-class matches, including four Tests. [4] India also participated in an ODI tri-series with Australia and Zimbabwe. The Test series was drawn 1–1, and India retained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy because of their victory in the Trophy's previous contest.
The Border–Gavaskar Trophy (colloquially known as BGT) [3] is an International Test cricket trophy played between India and Australia. The series is named after distinguished former captains, Australia's Allan Border and India's Sunil Gavaskar. It is played via Test series scheduled using International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme ...
India has won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup twice (in 2007 and 2024) and Australia has won it once (2021). In the ICC Champions Trophy, another ODI tournament, each side has won the trophy twice. Australia has won the World Test Championship, although India finished as runners-up in both the editions, having played in the finals.
In 1996, the Border–Gavaskar Trophy was created, [10] [11] a test series played between Australia and India, named after 2 legendary test players – Sunil Gavaskar of India and Alan Border of Australia. India has won the trophy ten times, while Australia has won it five times with one series ending in a draw.
1 September 2004 England India — 2–1 [3] International tournaments Dates Tournament Winners 24 June 2004: NatWest Series New Zealand: 16 July 2004: Asia Cup Sri Lanka: 21 August 2004: Videocon Cup Australia: 4 September 2004: Australia vs Pakistan ODI match Australia: 10 September 2004: ICC Champions Trophy West Indies
However, he suffered a drop in form in the latter half of 2004 with batting averages of 31 in the 2004 Asia Cup, 12.33 in the Natwest Series in England and just 4.50 in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. In October 2004, after the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy , he was dropped from the Test squad as his dismal run with the bat ...
In 2008 Gambhir finally solidified his place in the Indian Test team with a string of high scores. Opening the batting with Delhi teammate Virender Sehwag, he scored 858 runs at over 61 in seven matches as of December including a double century against Australia in the Border–Gavaskar Trophy.