Vaikundarajan gives details of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy which will begin on Tuesday, 9th December 2014. This test match series began in 1996 and has been prevalent every year ever since. It is held in commemoration of two legendary cricketers of India and Australia, i.e. Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border. Find out more in the presentation below.

1. India Vs Australia Border-Gavaskar
Trophy
Things You Should Know

2. About Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Border-Gavaskar Trophy was first played in 1996 between India Vs
Australia. The two rival nations started this trophy in the names of
legendary cricketer Allan Border from Australia and Sunil Gavaskar from
India. The test match comprised of just one Test Match. But in the recent
years escalating rivalry between the two nations has given rise to one of
the most followed series in cricket.
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3. 12th Border-Gavaskar Trophy
The 12th Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts coming Tuesday, here are some
facts about the Border-Gavaskar trophy that will delight you says
Vaikundarajan.
 India and Australia so far have contested for Border-Gavaskar Trophy
11 times, with India winning six times, Australia four times and one
series resulting in a draw.
 These 11 series’ accumulate to total of 36 Test matches. India leads
with 16 wins, Australia have won 14 while 6 Test matches have resulted
in draw.
 In Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has
scored the most runs. In 34 matches he has played, Tendulkar has
scored 3,262 runs at an impressive average of 56.24; followed by Ricky
Pointing who has scored 2,555 runs from 29 matches.
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4.  Anil Kumble is the leading wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar
Trophy. The leg-spinner has picked 111 wickets from 20 matches while
Harbhajan Singh occupies the second spot with 95 wickets from 18
matches. Any surprise for Shane Warne not occupying any of the top
two spots?
 Both Ricky Pointing and MS Dhoni have captained their respective
sides 11 times, the most by any other captain from both the nations in
the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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5. Overall Result
Vaikundarajan shares overall India and Australia have
played each other in 86 Test matches. In which Australia
have won 38 matches and India in 24 matches. Rest of 23
test matches ended in draw and one resulted in tie.
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6. With the four-test match series starting from December 9 at
Adelaide Oval, now it will be interesting to see if which team
emerges to come out on top.
It will be more pressure over Australia as the they have lost the
aggressive player Phillip Hughes' in a tragic manner.
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7. India will finally get down to serious competition with Virat Kohli
leading the side in place of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is still
recovering from a hairline fracture in his right thumb says
Vaikundarajan.
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