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

7. The lion-hearted effort of Ashwin and the fast bowlers in the second innings

Ashwin nearly bowled unchanged from one end in the second innings

In the Australian second innings, Ashwin bowled a marathon spell of 53 overs out of the 120 overs bowled by India. He almost bowled unchanged from one end except for a little break when Murali Vijay bowled a few overs to rest Ashwin.

Ashwin, though not so effective on the fifth day, finished with figures of 3 for 92. More importantly, Ashwin got the all-important last wicket of Hazlewood to take India to a famous win.

In the second innings, the Indian fast bowlers gave crucial breakthroughs to the team at the different point of time. In the beginning, it was Mohammad Shami who, along with Ashwin, gave the initial breakthroughs with the wickets of Marcus Harris and Peter Handscomb.

Early on the fifth day morning, it was Ishant Sharma's turn to remove first innings top scorer Travis Head with an unplayable short ball which got big on him to break open the game.

Bumrah took 3 of the 6 wickets that fell on the last day. With his clever variation in length, he removed the well-set Shaun Marsh just before lunch which brought India back into the game. Immediately after lunch, Bumrah removed the Australian captain Time Paine with a short ball which effectively ended Australia’s chase. Bumrah finished off the day with the wicket of Pat Cummins who showed a lot of resistance in his 121 ball innings.

Mitchell Strac and Pat Cummins caused a lot of nervous moments for the Indians with their partnership of 50 runs. The partnership was assuming dangerous proportions when Shami struck for India by getting rid of the dangerous Mitchell Starc.

In the end, the never-ending bowling spell from Ashwin and timely breakthroughs given by different fast bowlers at different stages in the second innings was a major factor in achieving this win.