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Squads : India vs Australia Test Series in India 2008Filed under
Aus in Ind 2008
Do you know India-Australia test series is named after two batting legends of
both country - Sunil Gawaskar & Allan Robert Border?? Yes, the trophy is known
as Border-Gawaskar trophy -> since 1996.1996, in India = 1 test = India wins 1-0.. 1998, in India = 3 tests = India wins 2-1. 2000, in Australia = 3 tests = Aus win 3-0. 2001, in India = 3 tests = India wins 2-1. 2003, in Australia = 4 tests = Draw (1-1). 2004, in India = 4 tests = Australia wins 2-1. 2008, in Australia = 4 tests = Aus win 2-1. As always, the scoreline doesn't tell the actual story. Fact is : all of above mentioned Cricket test series between India and Australia have been extremely competitive and also entertaining from viewers perspective. Month of November-December 2008 brings another action packed 4 test match series between new arch rivals of International Cricket - India & Australia. this time on Indian soil! Australia have kept their cards close to their chests & selected a youthful test squad which I mention below. India, being the home team - will be announcing their test squad some 10 days before the test series kicks off, and they can also add-subtract players in Squad as per need during the series.
Notable missing names : **Andrew Symonds : who went fishing and skipped an important team meeting which lead to his axe.. and hence he wasn't selected. BUT - that can easily be a made-up-reason by the Aussie think tank to drop the all rounder who has bad reputation in India and Australian team don't want anything else but cricket to dominate minds during this high profile cricket series. **Sourav Ganguly has not been selected by India. Reason - his form and fitness!
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