The rivalry between the Indian and Australian cricket teams has increased a lot in recent years. There is a tough competition between these two teams in all three formats and fans are going to get the thrill of this thing once again in November-December. Actually, India has to tour Australia for a five-match Test series under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. For the last two times, Team India has performed brilliantly in Australia and has managed to win the Test series consecutively. This time also India will try to do something similar but for that, along with the bowlers, the batsmen are also going to play a very important role.
Indian batsmen have achieved a lot of success in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and this is the reason why three players in the top 5 in the list of overall batsmen who scored the most runs are from India. However, in this article we are going to tell you only about the top 5 batsmen of Team India, who have scored the most runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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Virat Kohli is the only Indian batsman in this list who can be seen playing on the Australia tour this time. All others have retired, while Cheteshwar Pujara's chances of being selected are negligible. Kohli has played 24 matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy so far and has scored 1979 runs in 42 innings at an average of 48.26. He has also scored eight centuries and five half-centuries.
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Cheteshwar Pujara has performed very well in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and he also played an important role in Team India's last two Test series wins in Australia. However, now he is not a part of the Test team. He has scored 2033 runs in 43 innings of 24 matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at an average of 50.82, which includes five centuries and 11 half-centuries.
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Rahul Dravid is considered one of the most successful Test batsmen. This player scored 2143 runs in 60 innings of 32 matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at an average of 39.68. Dravid has two centuries and 13 half-centuries to his name.
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The second name among the Indian batsmen who scored the most runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is VVS Laxman. Laxman played many memorable innings against Australia in his career. He scored 2434 runs in 54 innings of 29 matches. Laxman's batting average was 49.67. In the matches played in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he scored six centuries and 12 half-centuries.
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Sachin Tendulkar, who scored the most runs in the Test format, is also the most successful batsman in the history of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Tendulkar performed brilliantly against Australia in his career and was a tremendous performer for Team India. In BGT, Sachin scored 3262 runs in 65 innings of 34 matches at an average of 56.24. During this, he scored nine centuries and 16 half-centuries.
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