10 Reasons for India's record-breaking win at Adelaide

10. Kohli’s inspiring leadership

Kohli, as always, has been an inspiring leader

Last but not least was Kohli’s inspiring leadership which brought India this rare overseas win. A captain is rarely given his due credit when his team wins while in defeat the captain takes all the blame.

Kohli was spot on with his bowling changes in the entire duration of the Test match. He went for the kill in the first innings with his attacking field when India finished up with a below-par first innings score.

In the second innings, when India had enough runs in the tank, Kohli blocked one end up with Ashwin and wisely rotated his fast bowlers from the other end in short spells. This brought about the desired results. With his aggressive leadership qualities, Kohli was taking on the Australians and was never short of throwing at a word or two at the opposition.

With his ever increasing aggressiveness, Kohli ensured that the Aussies never came back into the contest.