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Gavaskar stood at the edge of the boundary rope when Allan Border handed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to skipper Pat Cummins, as Australia won the series 3-1. It has come to the light that the plan by Cricket Australia was that Border would present the trophy if Australia won and Gavaskar would if India retained it or they drew the Sydney Test.

“I was told just before the series started that it was going to be this situation. If India didn’t win or draw the series, I wouldn’t be required. I am not feeling sad, I am just a little perplexed. It’s the Border-Gavaskar Trophy; both of us should have been there,” Gavaskar was quoted as saying by ABC Sport.   Read More...