36 all-out to 2-1: key factors in India’s defiant comeback in the 2020-21 Australia tour

From being blown away for 36 to chasing down an improbable 328 with less than a handful of overs to spare, in the space of a month, India scripted one of Test cricket’s most defiant turnarounds. Injuries jolted India at several points in the series, to the extent where it was impossible to field the same XI in consecutive games. Yet, India showed just how strong their backup is, with players on the fringes ready to step in and deliver against a fired-up Australian team looking to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India has made it a habit of halting Australia’s unbeaten sequences in Tests. In 2001, Australia’s streak of 16 consecutive Test wins was broken in the epic Kolkata Test. When India chased 328 in Brisbane on Tuesday, it broke Australia’s record of not having lost a Test at the Gabba since 1988.