India wins the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by a defeating Australia 4-0 in Test Series
India completed a historic 4-0 clean sweep against Australia by recording an emphatic six-wicket victory in the fourth and final cricket Test.
Border–Gavaskar Trophy
- A Test cricket series played between India and Australia.
- If the series is drawn, then the country holding the trophy retains it.
- The series is named after Australia’s Allan Border and India’s Sunil Gavaskar, who both scored over 10,000 Test runs in their career
Results
Year :: Played in :: Winner :: Player of the series
- 1996–97 :: India :: India won the one-off Test 1-0 :: Nayan Mongia
- 1997–98 :: India :: India won the 3-match series 2-1 :: Sachin Tendulkar
- 1999–00 :: Australia :: Australia won the 3-match series 3-0 :: Sachin Tendulkar
- 2000–01 :: India :: India won the 3-match series 2-1 :: Harbhajan Singh / Matthew Hayden
- 2003–04 :: Australia :: 4-match series drawn 1-1 [Retained By India] :: Rahul Dravid
- 2004–05 :: India :: Australia won the 4-match series 2-1 :: Damien Martyn
- 2007–08 :: Australia :: Australia won the 4-match series 2-1 :: Brett Lee
- 2008–09 :: India :: India won the 4-match series 2-0 :: Ishant Sharma
- 2010–11 :: India :: India won the 2-match series 2-0 :: Sachin Tendulkar
- 2011–12 :: Australia :: Australia won the 4-match series 4–0 :: Michael Clarke
- 2012–13 :: India :: India won the 4-match series 4-0 :: Ravichandran Ashwin
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2013
Category: Sports Current Affairs