India vs Australia Test Toss Delay Story: Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is to be played between India and Australia. In this, both the teams will play a five-match test series, which will start from November 22. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Team India for the series. Before the India-Australia series, we will tell you how there was a huge controversy due to the toss in the Test series played between the two in 2001.
There was a dispute over the toss in the second match of the Test series played between India and Australia in 2001, which was played in Kolkata. In this Kolkata Test, allegations were made against Australia regarding the delay in the toss.
An Australian magazine had written at that time that on some occasions Australian captain Steve Waugh was made to wait for the toss. The wait was made because Indian captain Sourav Ganguly used to arrive late for the toss. Waugh has also mentioned the delay in the toss in the series in his book ‘Out of My Comfort Zone’.
Why was the toss delayed?
Regarding the delay in the toss, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly immediately clarified that the toss was delayed due to the late arrival of the team’s blazers. Ganguly had also said that the toss was not delayed intentionally.
India won the series
The Indian team had won 2-1 in the Test series played against Australia in 2001. In the first match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, guest Australia defeated host team India by 10 wickets.
Then in the second test of the series played in Kolkata, Team India won by 171 runs. After this, in the third and last test of the series played in Chennai, the Indian team won the series by 2 wickets.
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