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PIX: Kohli’s India make history with Test series win in Australia

IMAGE: Virat Kohli leads the team in a lap of honour around the SCG after the match was abandoned and ended in a draw on Day 5 on Monday. India win the series 2-1.. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter

India won a Test series in Australia for the first time when the rain-disrupted fourth match petered out in a draw with no play possible at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.

Wins in Adelaide and Melbourne had given Virat Kohli’s side a 2-1 lead going into the final Test and a draw was enough to secure a breakthrough that had eluded all previous Indian touring parties for 71 years.

The draw looked assured after India scored 622 for seven declared in their first innings. Australia were forced to follow-on after being dismissed for 300 and made six without loss in their second innings. 

The ground staff cover the pitch before the scheduled start of play on day five of the 4th Test match between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Monday

IMAGE: The ground staff cover the pitch before the scheduled start of play on day five of the 4th Test match between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Monday. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Wet weather forced an early finish on day three and allowed less than two hours play on day four, before washing out the final day on Monday.

The first session of play on Day 5 of the 4th Test has been washed out due to rain at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.

Earlier, play failed to get underway on schedule at 10 am local time because of light rain.

Source: Rediff