6 captains who have won a Test series in Australia since 1988

#2 Faf du Plessis, South Africa

Australia v South Africa - 3rd Test: Day 1

Over the past couple of decades, when most teams struggled against Australia, South Africa stood up to them and even beat them on numerous occasions, home and away.

Faf du Plessis became the second South African captain to win a Test series in Australia in the past 30 years. He led South Africa to their third successive Test series victory on Australian soil, which no other teams managed during that time period.

The Proteas won the first Test by a huge margin of 177 runs, courtesy of a second innings hundred by Duminy and Elgar. South Africa then demolished Australia by an innings and 80 runs to win the series, thanks to Kyle Abbott's 9/118 and Quinton de Kock's blistering hundred.

Australia pulled one back in the third Test but that wasn't enough to prevent Faf du Plessis from lifting the trophy.