Former Test great Allan Border has praised India's cricketing chiefs for showing the right kind of interest to organise a Test series against his country.
Former Test great Allan Border has praised India's cricketing chiefs for showing the right kind of interest to organise a Test series against his country.
"The long form of the game is under the pump and it's good to see that India's taken a really pro-active step to stop the endless one-day series and get Tests back to the forefront, where it needs to be right now," Border told the The Sun Herald recently.
"It's huge that India's the No 1 Test nation and they initiated it too, which is a good sign for Test cricket."
He also felt that the series comes as a good relief to the game enveloped in recent controversy. "This series takes on a greater significance given the battering cricket's been copping over the last little while. It's a series that's grown in status over the years," he said.
From 1996, Australia and India have fought for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
