R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja: The Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be played between India and Australia will begin on Thursday, February 9. Spin bowlers will be the main for this series to be played in India. Both the teams would like to get on the field with maximum number of spin bowlers. The Indian team has excellent spin all-rounders like Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin in this series. Both the players have contributed significantly for Team India in all the Border Gavaskar series played so far. Let us know how the figures of both have been in this series so far.
Such are Jadeja’s figures in the Border-Gavaskar series
Ravindra Jadeja is currently the number one all-rounder in Test cricket. Batting in 16 innings of 12 matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he scored a total of 387 runs at an average of 29.79, in which he scored 4 half-centuries. And in bowling, he has taken 63 wickets in 22 innings at an average of 18.85.
Such are Ashwin’s figures in the Border-Gavaskar series
R Ashwin has played a total of 18 matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy so far. While bowling in 34 innings of these matches, he has taken 89 wickets at an average of 31.48. While batting in 29 innings, he scored a total of 457 runs at an average of 17.57. In this, he has scored two half-centuries. Ashwin is currently at number two in the ICC all-rounders Test rankings.
Indian team for the first two Tests against Australia
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Shubman Gill, Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (Wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper), R.K. Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
Australia’s Test squad for India tour
Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc) , Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.
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