The all-time best playing eleven of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has arrived, these Indian greats got a place along with Sachin-Zaheer!

Sports Desk, Obnews: If the Ashes are removed, then the two great teams of the world are ready for the biggest clash in the history of Test cricket. The battlefield is getting ready for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia. The 5-match Test series between the two teams is going to start on Australian soil from November 22. Both the teams are sweating profusely on the field for this explosive clash.

India and Australia have been clashing in Test cricket for years. But since 1996-97, the Test clash between the two teams is known as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The history of this series is quite old, in which both India and Australia teams have had many star players. So let us now know who can be the all-time best playing-11 in the history of Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Talking about the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, former Indian legend Virender Sehwag and former Australian opener Matthew Hayden are performing their best as opening batsmen. He can be considered the best opening batsman ever. Viru has scored 1738 runs in 22 test matches at an average of 41.38. At the same time, Matthew Hayden has scored 1888 runs in 18 test matches at an average of 59.

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Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has been the best at the number three position in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He scored 2555 runs in 25 test matches at an average of 55. After this, a strong wall like Rahul Dravid will have to be placed at number four. This former Indian batsman scored 2143 runs in 32 Test matches at an average of 40. After this, Sachin Tendulkar's name will be at number five. In this series, he scored 3262 runs in 34 Test matches at an average of 56.24.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni can be kept as a wicketkeeper, he scored 990 runs in 19 test matches at an average of 35.35. Apart from this, we have also included former Australian captain Steve Waugh in this team. In this series, he scored 1005 runs in 13 test matches and could take only 2 wickets. Whereas R Ashwin took 114 wickets in 22 test matches and also scored 545 runs in BGT.

Australian spin bowler Nathan Lyon can be included in the bowling history of this Test series. He has taken 116 wickets in 26 test matches. After this, former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan will be included. He has taken 61 wickets in 19 Test matches, while former Australian great Brett Lee has taken 54 wickets in 12 Test matches.