The 4 matches Border-Gavaskar Test series was played between Australia and India on December-January of 2020-21 in Australia. Both teams showed quality performance and the Indian team won the series by 2-1. Ajinkya Rahane handled the captaincy of the Indian team and Tim Paine was the captain of the Australian team. Virat Kohli was available for India in the 1st match of the series and handled the captaincy of the team.
The 1st match of the series was played on December 17, Thursday at Adelaide Oval. India won the toss and elected to bat first. Mayank Aggarwal and Prithvi Shaw opened the inning for India. Prithvi Shaw got out on duck to Mitchell Starc. Mayank Aggarwal also got out early on 17 runs. Virat Kohli scored most 74 runs for India in the 1st inning. Indian team made 244 runs. Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly and Australian team got all out on just 191 runs in their 1st inning. Tim Paine scored most 73 runs for Australia. R Ashwin took most 4 wickets for India. The Indian team was leading the match but in 2nd inning, Indian team got all out on just 36 runs. It was the lowest total by the Indian team in Test cricket. Australian team easily chased the small target of 93 runs and won the match by 8 wickets.
The 2nd match of the series was held on December 26 at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Ajinkya Rahane handled the captaincy of the team in absence of Virat Kohli. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Australian team got all out on 195 runs in 1st inning. Jasprit Bumrah took most 4 wickets for India. India made 326 runs in 1st inning. Ajinkya Rahane played captains knock and scored a brilliant century. Australian team got all out on 200 runs in 2nd inning and it was a small target of 70 runs for India to win the match. Indian team won the game by 8 wickets and levelled the series by 1-1. Ajinkya Rahane was selected as the player of the match.
The 3rd match of the series was held on January 7 at Sydney Cricket Ground. The Australian team won the toss and elected to bat first. Steven Smith scored a brilliant century for Australia in 1st inning. Australia made 338 runs in 1st inning. Indian team played quality cricket in 1st inning and made 244 runs. Shubman Gill and Cheteswar Pujara scored half-centuries. Australian team declared their 2nd inning on 312 runs and it was a target of 407 runs for India to win the match. Rohit Sharma gave a brilliant start to the team and made 52 runs. Rishabh Pant scored most 97 runs for India in the 2nd inning. Hanuma Vihari and R Ashwin batted for almost 1.5 hrs together and helped the Indian team to escape from facing a defeat. The match was drawn and Steven Smith won player of the match.
The 4th or last match of the series was held on January 15 at The Gabba, Brisbane. Australian team batted first and made 369 runs. Marnus Lauschagne scored a brilliant century for Aussies. Debutant T Natarajan and Washington Sundar took 3 wickets each for India. Indian team made 336 runs in 1st inning. Shardul Thakur scored most 67 runs and Washington Sundar made 62 runs for India. Australia made 294 runs in 2nd inning and it was a target of 328 runs for India to win the match and the series. Shubman Gill played a brilliant inning for India and made 91 runs in 2nd inning. C Pujara also made 56 runs. Rishabh Pant made not out 89 runs and finished the game for India. India won the match by 3 wickets and won the series by 2-1.
Rishabh Pant was selected as the player of the match. Pat Cummins was awarded as the player of the series. Indian team retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
