Brisbane, Jan 19: A battle, which started off with Australia pushing India to a corner, finally came to a fitting culmination for Indian cricket fans as a depleted but not weakened Ajinkya Rahane and side rallied back to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-1 series win.
In a series, which saw the rise of many Indian heroes, Rishabh Pant finally showed why he is the worthy successor of MS Dhoni as he steered the team to a three-wicket win in a final day thriller in Brisbane as the visitors chased down a record 328 on the ground.
To make the victory taste sweeter, this was no just India’ successive series win Down but also end of an era for Australia’s first loss at their favourite bastion GABBA in 32 years.
