Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2017 - Latest Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Question: Who amongst the following has been selected for the Man of the Series in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Test series between India and Australia?
(a) Steve Smith
(b) Ravichandran Ashwin
(c) Ravindra Jadeja
(d) Cheteshwar Pujara
Answer- (c)
Related facts:

On March 28th, 2017, India won the Border Gavaskar Trophy by 2-1, defeating Australia by 8 wickets in the fourth and final Test match.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been chosen for Man of the Series on scoring 127 runs and 25 wickets in this series.
Jadeja also became Man of the Match in the fourth match.
The first match of this series was played in Pune between 23-25 February, 2017, won by Australia by 333 runs.
O’Keefe, Australian bowler who took 12 wickets in this (1st) match has been awarded with Man of the Match title.
The second match of the series was played in Bangalore between March 4-7, 2017, won by India by 75 runs and K.L. Rahul became Man of the Match.
The third match of the series was played in Ranchi between March 16-20, which was a draw and Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored a double century, was selected for the Man of the match.
Highest run scorers in the series: 1. Steve Smith – 499 runs, 2. Cheteshwar Pujara – 405 runs 3. KL Rahul-393 runs
Most wicket takers: 1. Ravindra Jadeja – 25 wickets, 2. R. Ashwin – 21 wickets, 3. Nathan Lyon – 19 wickets.
A numbers of records have been formed during this series which are as follows:
It is the 7th consecutive test series victory of team India under Virat Kohli’s leadership.
Team India has defeated all the nine Test teams in the previous domestic series. India after Australia and South Africa is the third team to do so.
In the absence of Virat Kohli, the 33th Test captain Ajinkya Rahane, who hold the captaincy in the fourth Test, became the ninth Indian captain to win his first match.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored 202 runs off 525 balls in second innings of third test and became the first Indian cricketer to face 500 balls in a single Test innings.
India has won four out of the four Test series in 2016-2017 Season.
Ravindra Jadeja is the third player who scored more than 500 runs and took more than 50 wickets, in a Season.
Ravichandran Ashwin broke Dale Steyn’s (78) record of taking the most wickets in a season. He has taken 79 wickets in the season 2016-17.
Total thirteen (13) series of the Border-Gavaskar Test has been played since 1996-97, out of which seven (7) series won by India, five (5) series by Australia while the series in the 2003-04 was a draw.

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