Border Gavaskar Trophy Records

Top 10: Highest Team Totals in Border Gavaskar Trophy

Australia made 445 and still managed to lose the second Test of the 2000/01 series in Kolkata, thanks to Rahul Dravid-VVS Laxman’s masterstroke batting partnership. Ever since the Kolkata game, the approach to enforcing follow-on has changed significantly in Test cricket.

And that is why no score is enough when these two teams meet each other. But not the one’s below. The scores mentioned below are some of the highest on any red-ball cricket scoreboard.

The below ten are the highest team scores ed in any Border-Gavaskar Trophy match.

TEAM TEAM TOTAL OVERS INNS VENUE YEAR
India 705/7d 187.3 1 Sydney 2004
Australia 659/4d 163.0 2 Sydney 2012
India 657/7d 178.0 3 Kolkata 2001
India 633/5d 159.0 2 Kolkata 1998
India 622/7d 167.2 1 Sydney 2019
India 613/7d 161.0 1 Delhi 2008
Australia 604/7d 157.0 1 Adelaide 2012
India 603/9d 210.0 2 Ranchi 2017
Australia 577 179.3 2 Delhi 2008
Australia 572/7d 152.3 1 Sydney 2015

Key Stats

357/6 is the highest 4th innings score in a BGT Test match. Australia scored it in a drawn 2004 Sydney Test match in an attempt to chase down the target of 443 set by India.