Australia regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a decade-long wait and also booked their spot in the World Test Championship after finishing India off in under three days at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 5. (More Cricket News)
Despite a 3-1 defeat, India will fly back home with many positives, having unearthed a serious talent in Nitish Kumar Reddy. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah finished the series as the leading wicket-taker with 32 wickets at jaw-dropping average of 13.06
India failed to pull-off an incredible hat-trick of Test series victories in Australia, after having never won Down Under in their cricketing history before 2018-19.
Australia, on the other hand, bagged their first series win against India since 2014-15.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy History
The history of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy dates back to 1996-97 but the cricketing rivalry between India and Australia goes back to the colonial era.
Teams from Australia used to visit India even before its independence from the British rule. The first official tour by the Indian team to Australia took off just months after the independence. India toured Australia for the first time in October 1947. India lost the five-Test series 4-0 and that marked the beginning of the feud.
The two teams played 12 Test series against each other before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was constituted in 1996. The series was named after the two batting legends, India's Sunil Gavaskar and Australia's Allan Border. At that time, Gavaskar and Border were the only two cricketers to have scored more than 10,000 Test runs. So, the India vs Australia bilateral Test series were named in honour of the two batting maestros. The duo is still regarded among the best Test batters of all time.
The first Border-Gavaskar series was played as a one-off Test match in Delhi where India easily defeated Australia by seven wickets. Nayan Mongia, India's wicket-keeper batter, opened the innings and scored a magnificent 152 in the first innings to lay the foundation of India's win.
Including that one-off Test in Delhi, the two teams have played 16 such series. India have won 10 of them, including the last four, and Australia have come out on top just five times. One series ended up in a draw.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy All Results
| Sl. No | Year | Host Country | Winners | Scoreline | Player Of The Series |
| 1 | 1996-97 | India | India | 1-0 | Nayan Mongia |
| 2 | 1997-98 | India | India | 2-1 | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 3 | 1999-00 | Australia | Australia | 3-0 | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 4 | 2000-01 | India | India | 2-1 | Harbhajan Singh |
| 5 | 2003-04 | Australia | Draw | 1-1 | Rahul Dravid |
| 6 | 2004-05 | India | Australia | 2-1 | Damien Martyn |
| 7 | 2007-08 | Australia | Australia | 2-1 | Brett Lee |
| 8 | 2008-09 | India | India | 2-0 | Ishant Sharma |
| 9 | 2010-11 | India | India | 2-0 | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 10 | 2011-12 | Australia | Australia | 4-0 | Michael Clarke |
| 11 | 2012-13 | India | India | 4-0 | R Ashwin |
| 12 | 2014-15 | Australia | Australia | 2-0 | Steven Smith |
| 13 | 2016-17 | India | India | 2-1 | Ravindra Jadeja |
| 14 | 2018-19 | Australia | India | 2-1 | Cheteshwar Pujara |
| 15 | 2020-21 | Australia | India | 2-1 | Pat Cummins |
| 16 | 2022-23 | India | India | 2-1 | R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja |
| 17 | 2024-25 | Australia | Australia | 3-1 | Jasprit Bumrah |
As one of the most action-packed, thrilling and pendulum-swinging Border-Gavaskar Trophy comes to a close, there will always be a massive hype around the India-Australia series.
These two cricketing powerhouses will next face off in a five-match Test series in India and is scheduled for January-February of 2027.
