India reclaims Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 2-1 series victory of Australia

India on 28 March 2017 achieved a remarkable victory over Australia in the fourth Test by chasing down the 106-run target inside the first session.

India’s KL Rahul scored an unbeaten half-century, while Ajinkya Rahane made an aggressive 37 runs.

With the fourth test win, India won the series 2-1 and reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from Australia.

Ravindra Jadeja was declared the Man of the Match and also the Man of the Series.

The 2017 Border-Gavaskar Trophy

• The Australian cricket team toured India in February and March 2017.

• DRS was used for the first time in the Border–Gavaskar Trophy in this series; however, Hot Spot was not used.

• India and Australia played four Test matches.

First Test:

• The match was played from 23–27 February 2017 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. It was the first Test match at this venue.

• Australia’s Mitchell Starc passed 1000 runs in Tests.

• India’s Ravichandran Ashwin overtook Kapil Dev's record for the most wickets in a season in India.

Second Test:

• The match was played from 4–8 March 2017 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

• It was the first time in a Test that four different bowlers each took six wickets in an innings.

Third Test:

• The match was played from 16–20 March 2017 at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.

• Australia’s Steve Smith passed 5000 runs in Tests, becoming the third-fastest and youngest Australian batsman to do so.

• Australia’s Glenn Maxwell scored his maiden Test century and became the second player for Australia to score a century in all three international formats.

Fourth Test:

• The match was played from 25–29 March 2017 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala.

• India’s Ajinkya Rahane captained India for the first time in Tests.

• India’s Kuldeep Yadav made his test debut.

About Border-Gavaskar Trophy

• The Border–Gavaskar Trophy is a Test cricket series.

• It is played between India and Australia.

• It is named after Australia's Allan Border and India's Sunil Gavaskar.

• At present, it is played via the International Cricket Council's future tours program, with varying lengths of time between matches.

• If the series is drawn, then the country holding the trophy retains it.