Mitchell Starc Talks About India’s Success and Upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Australian pacer Mitchell Starc has highlighted the growing rivalry between India and Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, attributing it to India’s recent successes. The series is set to begin on November 22 in Perth.
India’s Recent Dominance
India has won the last four series against Australia, including two victories in Australia during the 2018-19 and 2020-21 seasons. Overall, India has won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 10 times, while Australia has won it five times, with their last series win in 2014-15 and their last win in India in 2004-05.
Starc’s Views
Speaking to Star Sports, Starc mentioned that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is one of the two biggest rivalries for Australian cricket, alongside the Ashes against England. He noted that the rivalry has grown stronger with each series, especially with India’s recent winning streak.
Starc said, “For Australian cricket, you have got the Ashes and then you’ve got the Border Gavaskar Trophy in there. I mean there’s a long history in the Ashes but that Border Gavaskar rivalry, if you like, has just grown from strength to strength over each series and now we see it as a five test match series which is fantastic for not only the rivalry but for the test series as well.”
Upcoming Matches
The second Test will be held from December 6 to 10 at Adelaide Oval in a day-night format. The third Test will take place at The Gabba in Brisbane from December 14 to 18. The Boxing Day Test will be held at Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26 to 30. The series will conclude with the fifth Test at Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3 to 7.
Starc expressed hope for an exciting series, saying, “Whether it is the calibre of player, the calibre of matches that we see as fans and as cricketers just continues to grow strength on strength each series and now India obviously winning a number of series in a row, it is created even a bigger rivalry between the two countries. I mean both teams are well known to one another, we play each other very often across the formats so I am sure it will be another exciting series but one I think that both experienced sides will showcase some fantastic cricket.”
Doubts Revealed
Mitchell Starc -: Mitchell Starc is a famous cricketer from Australia. He is known for being a very fast bowler in cricket.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy -: The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is a series of cricket matches played between India and Australia. It is named after two famous cricketers, Allan Border from Australia and Sunil Gavaskar from India.
Perth -: Perth is a city in Australia. It is one of the places where the cricket matches will be played.
Adelaide -: Adelaide is another city in Australia. It is also a venue for the cricket matches in the series.
Brisbane -: Brisbane is a city in Australia where one of the cricket matches will take place.
Melbourne -: Melbourne is a big city in Australia. It is famous for hosting many important cricket matches.
Sydney -: Sydney is one of the largest cities in Australia. It will host one of the matches in the cricket series.
Ashes rivalry -: The Ashes is a famous cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the oldest and most famous rivalries in cricket.