Ricky Ponting Prediction On Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25: Former Australian great batsman Ricky Ponting made a big prediction regarding the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 to be played between India and Australia. He has already told the winner of the trophy. So let’s know what Ponting predicted.
Citing ICC, Ponting said in his prediction that Australia will win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India by a margin of 3-1. That is, Ponting predicted that Australia will win three Tests in the series, while India will emerge victorious in 1 Test and the remaining 1 Test will end in a draw.
Let us tell you that five Tests will be played in this Border Gavaskar Trophy. This time the Indian team will tour Australia for the series. The series will start from November 22, 2024, while the last match will be played between 03 to 07 January, 2024. Boxing Day Test will also be included in this series.
This is the schedule of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
First Test: November 22-26, Perth
Second Test- December 06-10, Adelaide
Third Test: December 14-18, in Brisbane
4th Test- December 26-30, in Melbourne
Fifth Test – January 03 to 07, in Sydney.
India had won the 2023 series
It is worth noting that earlier India had won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played in 2023. Team India had won 2-1 against Australia. 4 Tests were played in the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which were hosted by India.
The first test of the series was held in Nagpur, in which Team India won by an innings and 132 runs. Then in the second test of the series, India maintained its dominance and won by 6 wickets. However, after this, Team India had to face defeat in the third test. Australia won against India by 9 wickets. Then the fourth and last test of the series ended in a draw.
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