Border Gavaskar Trophy Winners List: Check the winners list and other numbers
Published on: Jan 20, 2023 12:56 pm IST|Updated on: Jan 20, 2023 12:56 pm IST
Border Gavaskar Trophy Winners List: The Border–Gavaskar Trophy is a Test cricket series played between India and Australia. The trophy was established in 1996–97 when Australia toured India for a two–match Test series. It is named after two of the greatest cricketers to have played the game – Allan Border of Australia and Sunil Gavaskar of India. The series is played in a best–of–four format, with two home and two away Tests. The series usually takes place every two years, and the most recent series was held in 2020–21.
The Indian team is the current holder of the Border Gavaskar Trophy as they won the 4 match Test series in 2020/21 in Australia by 2-1. Take a look at the winners of this coveted trophy over the years.
Border Gavaskar Trophy Winners List
|
Year |
Host Country | Winner | Margin |
| 1996-97 | India | India |
1-0 (1) |
|
1997-98 |
India | India | 2-1 (3) |
| 1999-00 | Australia | Australia |
3-0 (3) |
|
2001 |
India | India |
2-1 (3) |
|
2003-04 |
Australia | Draw | 1-1 (4) |
| 2004 | Australia | Australia |
2-1 (4) |
|
2007-08 |
Australia | Australia | 2-1 (4) |
| 2008 | India | India |
2-0 (4) |
|
2010 |
India | India | 2-0 (4) |
| 2011-12 | Australia | Australia |
4-0 (4) |
|
2013 |
India | India | 4-0 (4) |
| 2014-15 | Australia | Australia |
2-0 (4) 
|
|
2017 |
India | India | 2-1 (4) |
| 2019-18 | Australia | India |
2-1 (4) |
|
2020-21 |
Australia | India |
2-1 (4) |
Since 1996, India and Australia have collided in 15 series and team India stands out with 9 out of the 15 series wins. Only once in 2003/04 the 4 match Test series in Australia was drawn 1-1. Now let’s take a look at the numbers game,
Most Runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy for India
Sachin Tendulkar
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Best | 100s/50s |
| 34 | 65 | 3262 | 56.24 | 241* | 9/16 |
Most Runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy for Australia
Ricky Ponting
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Best | 100s/50s |
| 29 | 51 | 2555 | 54.36 | 257 | 8/12 |
Most Wickets for India
Anil Kumble
| Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | Best Bowling in an Innings |
| 20 | 1086 | 111 | 30.32 | 3.09 | 8/141 |
Most Wickets for Australia
Nathan Lyon
| Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | Best Bowling in an Innings |
| 22 | 1039.5 | 94 | 34.75 | 3.14 | 8/50 |
Highest Individual scorer
Michael Clarke (Aus)- 329* in 2012 at Sydney
Best bowling figure in a match
Harbhajan Singh (Ind)- 15/217 in 2001 at Chennai
The next Border Gavaskar Trophy is slated to take place in India from February 9, 2023. Rohit Sharma will be leading the Indian team for the first time in this elusive series, whereas Pat Cummins will be leading the visitors for the second time in Border Gavaskar Trophy.
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