IND and OFF: India started their tour of Australia with a bang and won the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 by 295 runs to take a 1-0 lead. Ahead of this series, the Indian team had to face a lot of criticism, the biggest of which was the sweep they suffered in the three Tests at home against New Zealand. Under such circumstances, the historic victory in the Perth Test match answered all the criticism. With this victory, the Indian team has also decided to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and some of the trophies are also attesting to it.
Border-Gavaskar trophy not lost after winning first Test of series
The Indian team has held the Border-Gavaskar Trophy since 2016-17 and they will surely defend the trophy again after winning the Perth Test. In fact, whenever the Indian team won the first game of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, there was not a single occasion thereafter when it failed to defend the trophy. In such a scenario, it may be very difficult for hosts Australia to win this trophy as India have beaten them in every match in the Perth Test and the confidence of their players may also be down.
The second test was conducted with a pink ball
India started the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a victory in the Perth Test and now the second match of the series will be played in Adelaide 10 days later (December 6) , the competition venue is a pink ball test match. Although Australia are undefeated in pink-ball Tests at home, facing India in their next match will be no easy task. With the victory in the Perth Test, the Indian team once again occupied the first position in the 2023-25 ​​World Test Championship standings.
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