The four-match Border Gavaskar Trophy Test series is all set to begin this Thursday, February 9th. The Aussies, led by Pat Cummins, will face Rohit Sharma’s men at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur for the first Test.
All eyes will be on India’s star batter Virat Kohli, who is eyeing a test hundred after announcing his arrival to form with impressive performances in the limited-overs game. As such, which players have the most runs in the coveted series? Here’s a list of the top-five all-time run-scorers in the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
5. Michael Clarke
Michael Clarke, Border Gavaskar Trophy all-time highest run-scorers (Source: Twitter)
We kickstart this list with a former Aussie captain who still holds the record of being the only Australian player to have scored a triple-century against India. Michael Clarke makes it into the list with 2,049 runs at an average of 53.92 in 40 innings (22 matches).
The former Australian captain has 7 hundreds and 6 fifties in the Border Gavaskar Trophy and the highest score of 329* at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in 2011. Interestingly enough, this is also the highest score ever by any batter in an inning in the game’s longest format.
