Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025 scripts history, shatter 100-year-old record
Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025, which Australia ended up winning 3-1, busted 100-year-old record as it become the shortest five match Test series in the cricketing history.
Australia defeated India by six wickets in the Sydney Test to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025 3-1. With this Australia ended their 10-year-long losing streaking in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy was a bowlers' battle. Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah emerged as the star of the series, delivering consistently impressive performances. His exceptional bowling skills propelled him to the top of the wicket-takers' list with an impressive tally of 32 wickets. On the Australian side, Pat Cummins led the bowling attack with 25 wickets, showcasing his dominance throughout the series.
Travis Head proved to be the most prolific batsman in the five-match series, amassing 448 runs, including two centuries. This impressive performance secured his position as the leading run-scorer. Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal showcased his talent as the second-highest run-scorer in the series and India's top performer with a commendable total of 391 runs across his nine innings.
The BGT 2024-2025 series witnessed a relatively low-scoring trend, with only three instances where a team managed to surpass the 400-run mark. Similarly, scores exceeding 300 runs were achieved only twice. This trend of low scores significantly impacted the duration of the matches. As a result, only the Melbourne Test extended to a full five days. In stark contrast, the final Test in Sydney concluded prematurely after just two and a half days of play.
The Border-Gavaskar series holds the distinction of being one of the shortest five-match Test series in history. This recent series has also achieved the record of being the shortest in the last 100 years.
The shortest-ever five-match Test series in history was the 1902 Ashes, which spanned a total of 6,545 balls. Following closely behind was South Africa's tour of England in 1924, where 7,659 balls were bowled across the five matches.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with a total of 7,664 balls bowled, ranks among the shortest five-match Test series in history. Notably, several other prominent series also feature in this list of the shortest Test series. These include the 2001 Ashes (7,868 balls), the 2015 Ashes (7,920 balls), and the Wisden Trophy in 2000 (8,188 balls).
