Cricket’s greatest rivalry is the Ashes for which England and Australia fight tooth and nail. India vs Australia is the next best rivalry now that India vs Pakistan cricket clashes are few and far between and held only after government clearance. For the record, the neighbours have not clashed in Test cricket since 2007.

India’s forthcoming tour of Australia for the 12th edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has already preceded with some controversy with Sachin Tendulkar saying in his recently-launched autobiography that it was Andrew Symonds who provoked the off-spinner to abuse him in the Sydney Test of 2008. Tendulkar stressed that Harbhajan had not racially abused the Aussie all-rounder and did not call him a monkey.