Turn on your television sets for the fourth India v Australia Test match at Sydney on Thursday morning and you will find Sunil Gavaskar mouthing cricketing gems from a Mumbai studio like he has done in the three previous Test matches. But the Indian batting legend ought to be in Sydney to present the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Virat Kohli.

So, why will the Trophy that India and Australia have played Test cricket for since 1996, be presented by only Allan Border this time? It's because he has not received an invitation from host board Cricket Australia (CA) and according to Gavaskar, the only communication that the Australian board had with him about the presentation was in May when then CEO James Sutherland checked with him about his availability. Sutherland ended his 17-year stint the following month.