Australia Vs India: Pujara, Kohli shine as Team India create records in Adelaide Test

Adelaide, Dec 10: Team India withstood a nervy finale at Adelaide Oval, where Virat Kohli's men prevailed by just 31 runs as the visitors won the opening Test of a campaign on Australia soil for the first time on Monday (December 10).

Australia needed a record fourth-innings run chase to claim victory and despite falling to 156-6 and 235-9 in pursuit of 323, the home side came within a whisker of achieving the improbable before Josh Hazlewood was dismissed with the final ball before tea.

Thus, the entire Australian batting was dismissed for 291 in their second innings as three Indian bowlers bagged three wickets apiece.

With Hazlewood's wicket, India took a 1-nil lead in the four-match series as Virat Kohli became the first Indian captain to register a Test win in South Africa, England, and Australia in one year.

It was a turnaround win for India after they were pushed on the backfoot by the Australian bowlers in the morning session of the opening day. Openers Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, captain Virat Kohli, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, and Rohit Sharma were back in the pavilion under 100 as the visitors were staring at another batting collapse. However, Pujara's patient approach in the game helped India post 250 in the first innings.

Cheteshwar Pujara - who slammed a gritty ton in the first innings - after the top order collapsed playing reckless shots and followed it up with another brilliant knock of 71 runs was awarded the man of the match for his superb show with the bat. This was Pujara's first Test century on the Australian soil and his first man of the match award outside Australia.

Rishabh Pant also equalled the record of 11 catches (most) in a Test match.

Here is a list of records created during the Adelaide Test:

# Virat Kohli becomes the 1st Asian captain to win a Test in Australia, England and South Africa.

# India became the 1st Asian team to win a Test in Australia, England and SA each in a calendar year.