Today, we bring you the batsmen who scored the most runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2003-04. Border Gavaskar Trophy season five saw India and Australia competing in 4 test matches during November 25, 2003 -February 8, 2004. Australia were the hosts of this season, the series was highly competitive and draw came as series verdict. The series saw Anil Kumble leading the wickets tally. Here we talk about cricketers who hit the most runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2003-04.
5. Matthew Hayden
The Australian Cricketer Matthew Hayden would give the Australian team the foundation to work on to great scores. In the fifth season of Border Gavaskar trophy, Hayden scored 451 runs from 8 innings of 4 test matches at an average of 64+. His runs would include one hundred and three 50-plus scores with his highest score 136 from this season. With these statistics, Matthew Hayden got featured in the list of Cricketers with the most runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2003-04.
4. Virender Sehwag
The Indian Cricket Opening Batsman would go on to impact the way Test Cricket was played in that era. In the fifth season of Border Gavaskar Trophy in 2003-04, Virender Sehwag scored 464 from 8 innings of 4 test matches at an average of 58 with a hundred and a fifty. His highest score from the season was 195 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the third test. His innings wouldn’t win India that match as India would go down by 9 wickets at Melbourne test. With these runs Virender Sehwag got himself in the list of the most runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2003-04.
3. VVS Laxman
The Wristy Indian batsman would be the second highest scorer for India in the fifth edition, after being the highest scorer for the team in the 4th edition. In 2003-04, VVS Laxman scored 494 runs from 8 innings of 4 test matches at an average of 82+. Laxman would score 2 hundreds and a fifty while scoring these runs and his highest score was 178. With these statistics, VVS Laxman made to the list of Cricketers with the most runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2003-04.
2. Rahul Dravid
The Indian Cricket Legend who also would go on to become one of the top run-scorers for India in Test & ODI Cricket, was a key performer for the Indian team in Australia. In the fifth season of Border Gavaskar Trophy, Rahul Dravid scored 619 runs from 8 innings of 4 test matches at an average of 120+, the most by any batsman that series. Dravid would score a hundred & 3 fifties and his highest score was 233 in the second test at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. With these statistics, Rahul made to the list of Cricketers with the most runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2003-04. His scores in Adelaide got India the only win of the series.
1. Ricky Ponting
The Australian Cricketer Ricky Ponting was batting mainstay of the Australian team all through his career. In the fifth edition of Border Gavaskar trophy, Ponting scored 706 runs from 8 innings of 4 test matches at an average of 100+.
He became one of the reason why the Kangaroo team saved their home records. Punter would score two hundreds and two 50-plus scores while scoring these runs and his highest score was 257. With these statistics, Ricky Ponting led the list of Cricketers with the most runs in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2003-04.
These were the top run-scorers in Border Gavaskar Trophy season 5. The Test Series got the limelight for captaincy debate between two great captains, Sourav Ganguly & Steve Waugh. Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 241 not out in the fourth test at Sydney Cricket Ground was number 6 in the overall run scoring that season. Hope you liked the content, don’t forget to put in your thoughts and questions under comments.
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