Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Player Ratings for Australia

In the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar series, the Aussies beat India by 2-0 and reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It was a keenly contested series as almost all games went to the last day. In the end, however, it can be said that the Australians put in a clinical performance and they never really allowed the Indians to get on top of them.Now that the Test series is over, let’s take a look at how the players of the winning team performed:

#1 David Warner - 8.5/10

David Warner had another brilliant series as he scored 427 runs at an average of 53.37 including 3 centuries. The best part about his batting is that he gets all these runs in real quick time which is evident from his strike rate of 79.66 in the series. The way he just went after the Indian bowlers from the word go really demoralised them and that really enabled Australia to get off to a flyer in almost every innings.

Warner’s twin centuries in the first game were really instrumental in helping the Aussies shake off all the gloom surrounding Phil Hughes’ unfortunate demise and it really got them going. Midway through the series, his form tapered off a little as he often got out trying to play one shot too many. However, on his home ground, he was back with a bang as he slammed another ton. In addition to his swashbuckling batting, he was also the best fielder in the Australian team and gave his all to save a few runs.