Perth…the ground where the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will begin. Many veteran players are going to be seen in this series starting from 22nd November. There is going to be a gathering of greats not only on the field but also outside the field. To cover this series, the broadcasters have prepared a commentary panel of veteran players and the name of a player whose career ended in the Perth Test is also there. We are talking about Murali Vijay who last played a Test match for Team India 7 years ago and now he will take the field as a commentator.
Murali Vijay has this relation with Perth
Murali Vijay will do commentary in English for Star Sports. This right-handed opener has played 61 test matches for Team India in which he has scored 3982 runs with his bat. Murali Vijay has also scored 12 centuries and 15 half-centuries. The interesting thing is that Murali Vijay played the last Test of his career in Perth itself. Murali Vijay was out on 0 runs in the first innings of this match and 20 runs in the second innings. Murali Vijay was never selected after this match.
COMMENTATORS FOR FIRST BGT TEST:
Hindi: Ravi Shastri, Wasim Akram, Pujara, Gavaskar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Jatin Sapru, Deep Das Gupta
English: Mark Nicholas, Hayden, Ravi Shastri, Gavaskar, Wasim Akram, Murali Vijay, Russell Arnold pic.twitter.com/rtznzTOzbt
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Pujara will also do commentary
Along with Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara will also be seen commentating in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. This player is included in the Hindi commentary team. Pujara has also not got a place in the team for this series and it is believed that this player’s Test career is almost over. Apart from these two, Ravi Shastri, Wasim Akram, Sanjay Manjrekar, Jatin Sapru, Deep Das Gupta, Mark Nicholas, Matthew Hayden and Russell Arnold will also be seen commentating in this series.
