Australia beat India by 333 runs on Saturday in an outstanding victory that ended the hosts’ winning streak of 19 Tests in the opening match of the series in Pune.
Chasing a daunting 441, the world’s top side crashed to 107 all out early in the final session after left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe’s match haul of 12 wickets, handing number-two ranked Australia the upset win inside three days.
O’Keefe’s heroics enabled Australia to register their first Test win on Indian soil since 2004 as they took a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
The 32-year-old returned with impressive figures of 6-35 (in both the innings) as he got good support from off spinner Nathan Lyon, who bagged six wickets at India’s newest Test venue.
Former Australian cricketers, who know a thing or two about how tough it is to win in India, were delighted:
There was a word of advice from a former England captain
Dhoni somewhere right now.
#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/c3qRdNLmiR— Phd in Bak*****!! (@Atheist_Krishna) February 25, 2017
With AFP inputs