The historic Border-Gavaskar Test series between India and Australia cricket teams has started this time on Indian soil and is going on briskly. Both the top 2 teams in the ICC Rankings are loaded with world-class players including Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Rohit Sharma and Bud Cummins, which raised the expectations of the global fans right from the start. This series, which has been going on for more than 25 years, has emerged as a world-class Test series, equal to the Ashes series with a century of distinction.
The next series of this cup will be held in Australia for 2 months from December 2024 to January 2025. However, some of the star players playing in the ongoing series are expected to retire due to age in the next series. Let’s see about them:
5. Ravichandran Ashwin: He has been shining as the main spinner of the Indian Test team for the last 10 years and played an important role in the victory by taking 8 wickets even in the first match held in Nagpur. He also became the second Indian player to take 450 wickets and became the second highest wicket taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.
This could be his last Border – Gavaskar Trophy series as he will turn 39 years old during the next series, who is already in such good form that he is hailed as a legend.
4. Nathan Lyon: Ashwin’s 450+ wickets in modern cricket and shining as Australia’s greatest spinner after the legendary Shane Warne will next be touched at the age of 38 during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series on their home soil.
And he is stumbling in the current series and is more likely to retire before the next series to make way for young players like Todd Murphy in the next few years. Because people from foreign countries such as Australia do not play more days after a certain age than people from the Asian continent.
3. David Warner: Hailed by fans as Australia’s greatest opener in modern cricket, he has already announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Because the Panneerselvam of old has struggled to break through in the last few years and he has performed poorly in the first match of the current series. So the 36-year-old is surely the next frontier – a rare sight to see in the Gavaskar Trophy series.
2. Chedeshwar Pujara: Celebrated by his fans as a Test specialist batsman in modern cricket, he acted as a dark horse for India to win the Test series in the successive years 2018/19 and 2020/21 on Australian soil.
However, he has been stumbling in recent times, even though he was dismissed last year, he fought back and is now set to become the 12th Indian player to play 100 Test matches. So this could be his last border – Gavaskar Trophy series as he will cross the age of 38 in the next series to make way for Parm and younger players.
1. Rohit Sharma: He started performing well late in Test cricket and now he played a major role in India’s victory by scoring a century in the first match as captain. However, with just 1 century in 25 matches on foreign soil at a modest average of 31.30, he has already been plagued by injury at times.
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So he has crossed the age of 35 to extend his white-ball cricket career and is most likely to retire from Test cricket before the next series.