IT’S GAME, MATCH & SERIES FOR INDIA
INDIA DEFEATED
Australia by 8 wickets in the 4th and final Test at Dharamsala to clinch the four-match series 2-1 and regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
INDIA HAS
retained the ICC Test Championship mace and also won a cash award of $1 million for holding on to top position in Test Team rankings
INDIA ENTERED
the series against Australia needing to win at least one Test to retain possession of the prestigious mace, which it had reclaimed following the Indore Test against New Zealand in October 2016
RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN
received the Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 and the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016. During the voting period, which ran from September 14, 2015, to September 20, 2016, he played 8 Tests in which he took 48 wickets and scored 336 runs. Ashwin also claimed 27 wickets in 19 T20s. RAVINDRA JADEJA,
who was declared the Man of the Match and the Man of the Series for his allround performance in the four-match Test series, claimed four wickets overall and contributed 63 runs during his side’s eight-wicket win over Australia in the final match in Dharamsala
WE ARE absolutely delighted to have topped the ICC Test rankings. The longest format of the game really tests a team's character and I'm proud that we have proved ourselves to be the best — Virat Kohli