India defeated Australia by eight wickets in the fourth and final cricket Test to claim the four-match series 2-1 at the HPCA stadium in Dharamsala Tuesday March 28,2017
Chasing 106 for a win, India finished at 107 for two, losing the wickets of Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara.
K L Rahul scored the winning run, completing his sixth fifty of the series in the process
K L Rahul scored the winning run, completing his sixth fifty of the series in the process
Opener KL Rahul (51 not out) and stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane (38 not out) remained unbeaten to take India home.
Ajinkya Rahane’s undefeated 60-run stand with Lokesh Rahul (51 not out) helped India win comfortably. Rahane was unbeaten on 38. The knock came off 27 balls and was laced with four fours and two sixes
Scorecard
Australia 300 and 137
India 332 and 106/2(Target 106 Runs)
Match Result - India won by 8 wickets
MOM - Ravindra Jadeja(India )for his 1/57(15 Overs)and 63(95 Balls 4x4 and 6x4) and 3/24(18 Overs)
Man of the Series - Ravindra Jadeja(India )with 25 wickets at an average of 18.56
India's 8-wicket win over Australia in the fourth and final Test match at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on Tuesday was first under Ajinkya Rahane, who led India for the first time after playing 36 Test matches.
Also the win in Dharamsala ended India's marathon home Test season with four series victories out of four, and also means that the team presently holds series honours over every other nation in the five-day game
It also marked the end of India`s 13-test home season, in which they won 10, drew two and had the lone loss to Australia in the series opener in Pune.
There are 4 instances of India going on to win a series after losing the first Test. Two of those have been against Australia - this series and the 2000-01 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The other two were: against England in 1972-73 and in Sri Lanka in 2015. The series result was 2-1 in all these cases. The last time Australia lost a series after winning the first match was in the 2005 Ashes
Most Test wins in a season:
| Season | Matches | Win | Loss | Drawn | Win % | |
| Australia | 2005-06 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91.66 |
| Australia | 1999-00 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| India | 2016-17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 76.92 |
| Australia | 2004-05 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 75.00 |
| South Africa | 2007-08 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 66.66 |
Sides losing most Tests in India:
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Drawn | Win % | Loss % |
| Australia | 50 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 26.00 | 42.00 |
| England | 60 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 21.67 | 31.67 |
| New Zealand | 34 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 5.88 | 47.06 |
| West Indies | 45 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 31.11 | 24.44 |
| Sri Lanka | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 58.82 |
| South Africa | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 31.25 | 50.00 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 15.15 | 21.21 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 80.00 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 100.00 |
Winning a Test on captaincy debut:
| Captain | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| Polly Umrigar | New Zealand | Mumbai | 1955-56 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | New Zealand | Auckland | 1975-76 |
| Ravi Shastri | West Indies | Chennai | 1987-88 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Australia | Delhi | 1996-97 |
| Sourav Ganguly | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 2000-01 |
| Virender Sehwag | Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 2005-06 |
| Anil Kumble | Pakistan | Delhi | 2007-08 |
| MS Dhoni | South Africa | Kanpur | 2007-08 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Australia | Dharamsala | 2016-17 |
India complete the Test-trophy set
Three Teams holding series titles against all other Test sides at the same point of time. India, with this series win, hold trophies against all Test teams.
The first two teams to achieve this were Australia and South Africa.
Australia managed this feat first time when they won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2004-05 in India and again after winning the Ashes 2006-07.
South Africa achieved it after they won in Australia in 2012-13.
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