On February 9, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series will begin, and fans are anticipating a thrilling contest between the two teams, who are heavy favourites to advance to the World Test Championship finals.
Due to their momentous 2-1 series victory in Australia, when they prevailed despite missing some of their best talents, India presently possesses the famous Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
There will be some bouts between players who will catch people’s attention in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which promises to be a mouth-watering match between the top teams, and their encounters will be blockbusters for the generations.
#1 Virat Kohli vs Pat Cummins
Now that his dry spell is behind him, Virat Kohli has been scoring century like they’re going out of style. Kohli’s spectacular return to form has made him unsurprising. The former Indian captain would want to prove himself in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, thus we should expect greatness from him.
The Australian captain and best Pat Cummins throw 140–145 kph. Precision and dependability are his main assets. He reverses swing and creates seam movement.
Against Cummins, Kohli has scored 82 runs at an average of 16.4 and been dismissed by the bowler five times in their head-to-head matchup.
The forthcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy match between the two top teams in the business should not be missed.
#2 Cheteshwar Pujara vs Nathan Lyon
One of the key reasons India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2017 and 2018, and will do so again in 2021, is because of. This is Cheteshwar Pujara. Pujara’s weariness aided the other hitters.
Pujara handles spin bowling well. His spin skill is creasing utilisation. He’s undefeated against Lyon in tests because of this. He scored 521 off 1,158 Australian spinner balls. Pujara’s strike rate of 45.00 and average of 52.1 outweigh Lyon’s 10 scalps.
Pujara routinely deflects Lyon deliveries. Lyon bowled wide offside to limit his runs. He also bowls at different speeds and lines, hoping Pujara will stop after every delivery. They’re always playing mind games, so the Border-Gavaskar Trophy should be interesting.
#3 Steve Smith vs Ravindra Jadeja
Steve Smith was heralded as the new Shane Warne after his Test debut against Pakistan as a leg-spinner and No. 8 batsman. He’s now one of Australia’s greatest Test cricket batsmen.
Ravindra Jadeja got his first Test after scoring a triple century in first-class cricket. He is a great all-rounder with a devastating left-arm spinner and a promising batter.
They are evenly matched in red-ball cricket. Smith has scored 181 runs in 534 balls at an average of 45.2 against Jadeja, but his strike rate is 33.9% and the southpaw has scalped him four times.The numbers show that Smith has been successful in scoring runs against the left-arm spinner, but that he has had to work very hard to do so.
It will be intriguing to watch who wins the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.