India vs Australia Tests: Head-to-head, key stats and records in Border Gavaskar Trophy

Australia will be looking to conquer the Indian frontier and end the 19 years drought of a Test series in India, starting February 9 in Nagpur. This will be the last time when Border-Gavaskar Trophy will have 4-match Test series given from the next edition India and Australia will lock horns in 5-match series. 

Head-to-head records

Matches Played: 102
Matches Won by India: 30
Matches Won by Australia: 43
Matches Drawn: 28
Matches Tied: 1

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India in last three editions of BGT

2016-17 (Played in India) - India won
2018-19 (Played in Australia) - India won
2020-21 (Played in Australia) - India won

Top 5 run scorers for India against Australia in India:

• Sachin Tendulkar: 1821 runs in 36 innings; Average - 56.9
• VVS Laxman: 1198 runs in 25 innings; Average - 57.04
• Rahul Dravid: 1000 runs in 30 innings; Average - 35.71
• Cheteshwar Pujara: 900 runs in 16 innings; Average - 64.28
• Gundappa Viswanath: 852 runs in 16 innings; Average - 60.85

Top 5 run scorers for Australia against India in India:

• Matthew Hayden: 1027 runs in 22 innings; Average - 51.35
• Michael Clarke: 972 runs in 25 innings; Average - 40.5
• Allan Border: 766 runs in 16 innings; Average - 51.06
• Simon Katich: 735 runs in 20 innings; Average - 40.83
• Ricky Ponting: 662 runs in 25 innings; Average - 26.48

Top 5 wicket-takers for India against Australia in India:

• Harbhajan Singh: 86 wickets
• Anil Kumble: 62 wickets
• R Ashwin: 50 wickets
• Ravindra Jadeja: 49 wickets
• Zaheer Khan: 36 wickets

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Top 5 wicket-takers for Australia against India in India:

• Richie Benaud: 52 wickets
• Nathan Lyon: 34 wickets
• Graham McKenzie: 34 wickets
• Shane Warne: 34 wickets
• Jason Gillespie: 33 wickets

Individual highest scores

India: 281 by VVS Laxman at the Eden Gardens in 2001

Australia: 210 by Dean Jones at Chepauk Stadium in 1986

Most Centuries

India: 5 centuries by Sachin Tendulkar

Australia: 3 centuries each by Michael Clarke, Neil Harvey, Steven Smith

Most five-wicket hauls

India: 7 five-wicket hauls by Harbhajan Singh

Australia: 5 five-wicket hauls by Richie Benaud