NEW DELHI: The Check collection between India and Australia was formally named the Border-Gavaskar Trophy collection when India and Australia performed a one-off Check on the Kotla in Delhi in October 1996.
Named after the legendary cricketers Sunil Gavaskar of India and Allan Border of Australia, the Check collection has grown into immense proportions redefining careers of cricketers from each the cricketers.
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Be it the legendary battles between Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, or the 2001 Kolkata Check the place VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid turned the match and the collection on its head with an epic partnerships, or Virat Kohli turning into a legend with some heroic performances on Australia soil, India-Australia Check collection have typically made historical past.
India have gained the final two Check collection in Australia and at the moment are eyeing their third successive Check collection win Down Below.
Speaking to 7Cricket, the legendary Sunil Gavaskar shared an attention-grabbing anecdote about his rivalry he has had with Allan Border over time.
Gavaskar was requested if the depth may be very a lot there between him and Border regardless of their fantastic friendship over time.
Gavaskar replies with a smile, “Nicely, as a result of he is (Border) obtained me out, that is the issue. You see, he is obtained me out. I by no means obtained an opportunity to bowl to him. If I obtained an opportunity to bowl to him and get him out it might need been totally different. However he is a bit, , issues that , used to come back in and do that and bowl. And may you think about he obtained one ball to show, and I performed that down the flawed line, prime edge and I used to be out.”
In 20 Check matches in opposition to India, Border took 4 wickets and considered one of them was Gavaskar.
Gavaskar continues, “So , I’m reminded of it each time I stumble upon him. He comes and says ‘Good day Bunny, how are you?’ What do I say to that?”
For the file, Border was the second batsman on this planet to achieve the landmark of 10,000 runs in Check cricket in 1993 after Gavaskar, who had achieved the feat in 1987.
