On This Day 2019: India's Historic First Test Series Win in Australia!

• India secured its first-ever Test series win in Australia on January 7, 2019, under Virat Kohli's captaincy, ending a long wait Down Under.
• The 2-1 victory, which could have been 3-1, also marked India as the first Asian team to win a Test series on Australian soil.
• Cheteshwar Pujara was the backbone, scoring 521 runs with three centuries, facing 1,258 deliveries to blunt Australia's pace attack.
• Jasprit Bumrah led the bowling with 21 wickets, including a match-winning 6/33 in Melbourne, supported by Mohammed Shami's 16 wickets.
• Rishabh Pant had a breakthrough series, scoring 350 runs including an unbeaten 159 in Sydney, becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test century in Australia.

Why It Matters: India's 2019 Test series win in Australia was a historic moment, redefining its overseas cricket reputation.