Archive · 7 Jan 2026
India Wins First Test Series in Australia 2019
On January 7, 2019, India won their first-ever Test series in Australia.
They won 2 out of 4 matches, with one match ending in a draw.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored a lot of runs, and Jasprit Bumrah took many wickets.
Rishabh Pant also played a big role with a century in Sydney.
This win was a very important moment for Indian cricket.
India repeated this success in 2020-21 but lost the next series to Australia in 2022-23.
India won their first Test series in Australia with a 2-1 victory.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored 521 runs, including three centuries and a fifty.
Jasprit Bumrah took 21 wickets, leading India's bowling attack.
Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 159 in the Sydney Test.
Virat Kohli contributed 282 runs, including a century in Perth.
- Who
- India and Australia cricket teams
- What
- India's first Test series win in Australia
- When
- December 2018 - January 2019
- Where
- Australia (Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney)
- Why
- To win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and assert dominance in Test cricket
- Series Result
- India won 2-1
- Key Players
- Pujara, Kohli, Bumrah, Pant
- Pujara's Runs
- 521 runs
- Bumrah's Wickets
- 21 wickets
- Pant's Century
- 159* in Sydney
- Kohli's Runs
- 282 runs
- Series Dates
- December 2018 - January 2019
- Border-Gavaskar Trophy
- Retained by India