The 12th edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was expected to be a peaceful one considering the overall gloom over the death of Phillip Hughes, who was knocked down by a Sean Abbott bouncer in a Sheffield Shield game at the Sydney Cricket Ground in November.


Neil Harvey 

However, the current series has turned out to be one of the most controversial ones in 67-year-old history of India vs Australia Test cricket. In the opinion of former Australia's batting great Neil Harvey, it's a bit like the 2007-08 series in Australia where the Harbhajan Singh-Andrew Symonds controversy blew up to change India vs Australia cricket forever.