Recounting India's Border Gavaskar Trophy triumph on 2020-21 Australia tour

After scripting a historic first ever Test series victory on Australian soil in 2018-19, India pulled off an encore Down Under in 2020-21 to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which was clinched by the visitors with the Gabba heist in Brisbane to breach the Aussie fortress.
As the team gets set to take aim at a hat-trick of Test series wins in Australia, here's a recap of how India registered a memorable 2-1 victory in the four-Test series during their last trip.

1. First Test, Adelaide - Australia won by 8 wickets
India faced the embarrassment of getting bowled out for their lowest Test total of 36 in the second innings of the day-night Test to concede the advantage the visitors had taken after securing a 53-run lead.
Australia, who were bowled out for 191 in their first innings after India's 244 led by captain Virat Kohli's 74, had the pace duo of Josh Hazlewood (5 for 8) and skipper Pat Cummins (4 for 21) combining to skittle out India for 36.
The hosts then rode on opener Joe Burns's unbeaten 51 to win by eight wickets inside three days.
Second Test (Melbourne) - India won by 8 wickets
Virat Kohli returned home to be with his wife, Anushka Sharma, for the birth of their child -- handing over captaincy to Ajinkya Rahane. Bowling first, Indian bowlers put up a good show to wrap up Tim Paine's team for 195. Jasprit Bumrah led the show with his 4 for 56, finding good support from offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who registered figures of 3 for 35.
India's response was led by stand-in skipper Rahane's century (112), which took them to 326 -- giving a healthy first-innings lead of 131 runs.
The Australian batting line-up once again failed to leave a mark and folded up for 200.
Debutant pacer Mohammed Siraj's three wickets and two each by Bumrah, Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja led India's bowling charts.
India raced past the 69-run target in 15.5 overs to level the series at 1-1 with an eight-wicket win.

Third Test (Sydney) - Match Drawn
India were left to do a match-saving act as Hanuma Vihari and Ashwin combined on the final day at the Sydney Cricket Ground to keep Australia at bay for a draw and take the series into the fourth and deciding Test.
Steven Smith's 131 and Marnus Labuschagne's 91 propped up Australia in their first innings, as they put up 338 all out on the board. Jadeja led the bowling figures with his 4 for 62.
India's response ended at 244, after Shubman Gill (50) and Cheteshwar Pujara (50) failed to kick on for a big knock and Jadeja was left stranded at 28 not out. Cummins was the wrecker-in-chief with his spell of 4 for 29.
Australia built on their 94-run lead and scored 312 for 6 before declaring their second innings, which set India a stiff target of 407 to win. Cameron Green (84), Smith (81) and Labuschagne (73) starred for the hosts.
India were in a spot of bother at 272 for 5 on the final day, but Rishabh Pant led the fight with his 97 after Pujara scored a gritty 77 and Rohi Sharma 52.
Pant's dismissal made the Indian camp nervous, but Ashwin played out 128 balls for his 39 not out while Vihari consumed 161 deliveries for his unbeaten 23 to help India force a draw.

Fourth Test (Brisbane) - India won by 3 wickets
The match is famously remembered as the 'Gabba heist' for Pant's match-winning effort, which ended Australia's 32-year unbeaten run at the venue.
India's thrilling series-clinching three-wicket win was the first time any team defeated the Aussies in a Test at the Gabba stadium since 1988.
Batting first, Australia scored 369, thanks to Labuschagne's purple patch that brought the Australian a Test hundred (108), while the middle order of Matthew Wade (45), Green (47) and Paine (50) made useful contributions to push the total well beyond the 300-run mark before India bowled out the hosts.
T Natarajan, Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar took three wickets each.
India's first innings was also led by their middle- and lower-order batters after Rohit (44), Pujara (25) and Rahane (37) fell after getting their eye in. All-rounder Shardul Thakur (67) and Washington Sundary (62) then frustrated the Aussies and restricted their lead to just 33 runs by taking India to 336. Hazelwood took a five-for (5/57).
Australia's 294 in the second innings were led by Smith's 55, which set India 328 to win.
Opener Gill (91) and Pujara's (56) partnership of 114 runs set India up for the chase but Rahane (24) and Mayank Agarwal (9) were sent back early.
It was then a Pant show as the wicketkeeper-batsman scored 89 not out, which included a crucial 53-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Sundar (22) that put India on course for a historic win.