India 2 - Australia 1 was the result in 2018 too. But this time it's special than the last time. The Australian team in 2018 wasn't at its best. The two of their best batsmen, Steve Smith and David Warner, were out of the team because of being banned after the infamous sandpapergate. And the captaincy was handed over to a very new face, Tim Paine, who might never have become the captain of the Australian side had that scandal hadn't happened. It was the Australians that were the underdogs in 2018 and it would have been an upset if Indians hadn't won that year. But as India had won a test series in Australia for the first time, it was a big achievement. And every member of the 2018 team deserves credit for what they achieved in that series. But 2021 was a different mission altogether. With Smith and Warner back in the Australian squad and Virat Kohli deciding to return home after the first test, congratulations to him and Anushka for the baby girl, Indians had a big cha