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India and Australia complete the golden hundred of Test matches in Melbourne, know who won how many matches
“The figures are witness to this fact. In the 99 Tests played so far, Australia has won 43 matches while India has won 28. One match is tied and 27 matches are drawn.”
The historic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) witnessed the 100th Test match between India and Australia. The Boxing Day Test, which started here on Saturday, is a major milestone in terms of the cricketing relationship between these two teams. Today, of course, there is tremendous competition between India and Australia on the cricket field, but history is a witness that Australia has always maintained its dominance against India along with other teams of the world.
The figures are witness to this fact. In the 99 Tests played so far, Australia has won 43 matches while India has won 28. One match is tied and 27 matches are drawn.
Test cricket between the two teams began in 1947 with the Indian team touring Australia. The five-match series was won 4–0 by the hosts. The series began on 17 October 1947 and ended on 20 February 1948.
The independent India team went on a foreign tour for the first time and the team was led by Lala Amarnath. On the other hand, the captain of the host team was Sir Donald Bradman, considered the greatest batsman in the world.
Bradman had scored 715 runs in that series while Vijay Hazare had scored the most 429 runs for India. Talking of bowling, Ray Lindwall took 18 wickets for the hosts and Lala Amarnath took 13 wickets for India.
After that, Australia visited India for the first time in 1956–57. A three-match series was played between the two teams, which Australia won 2–0.
In 1959–60 the Australian team once again visited India and participated in a five-match series. This series was won by India 2–1. The special thing about this series is that in this, India won the Test against Australia for the first time.
After that, the Kangaroo came to India once again in 1964-65 and played a three-match series, which drew 1–1. The year 1979-80 was very special for India as India won 2–0 in a six-match series playing at home under the captaincy of the great Sunil Gavaskar. It was India's first series win against the Kangaroos.
From 1996–97, the Test series between these two countries was named the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Sunil Gavaskar and Alan Border have been great players and captains of both teams.
Under Gavaskar's captaincy, India defeated Australia in their home in 1979-80, but it took them another 38 years to win their first series at home as Virat Kohli captained India in the four-match series in 2018. Defeated 2-1.
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