India playing in Australia against their full-strength side, without Ishant Sharma (leader of the bowling attack), without Virat Kohli (after the first Test), forget winning, even if they draw a game, would be a big achievement. After Kohli left, and India suffered an embarrassing loss at the hands of the hosts, these murmers got strong. 4-0 was on their minds even before the series got over, they had already predicted a whitewash for the deflated Indian side. But how many predictions do come right?
This team India just defied all those odds, changed every thought, used their grit and determination to full-strength to surpass every challenge thrown at them and defeated them at their own backyard. So much so, that the hosts lost the first Test at their ‘Gabbatoire’ – the fortress – after 1988, a gap of over 32 years.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took to Twitter after the historic series victory and put pictures of some of the quotes that suggested Australia were…