5 reasons why India won the 2018-19 Test series in Australia

#5 Bold decisions by team management

Timely calls - India's secret to success

A team can win a game based on a solo performance but if a team wants to win many games, the team has to fire on all cylinders. In short, team management needs to function like a well-oiled machine. Off the field, battles were won by India's team management as they made bold and gutsy changes to the team with captain Kohli by trusting in Hanuma Vihari's talent.

They also replaced the under-performing opening pair of M. Vijay-KL Rahul with Mayank Agarwal (debuted this series) and H. Vihari who did a good job negotiating the new Kookaburra for India. Even all-rounder R. Jadeja's inclusion strengthened India's batting and bowling. Last but not least, the left arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav delivered a 5-fer in the last Test.

While both teams had their weak links, India made the necessary adjustments while Australia continued to struggle to find the right combination till the last ball of the series.