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.
Related links:
http://www.bcci.tv/india-v-australia-2017/results
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1088751.html
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/r-ashwin-india-vs-australia-test-cricket/1/912629.html
http://www.oneindia.com/sports/cricket/border-gavaskar-trophy-is-back-here-are-india-s-5-heroes/3-cheteshwar-pujara-pf25204-2387087.html