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

#1 Unstoppable Pujara grinds Australian bowling to dust

Pujara displayed the art of batting time in the Test series

This was the major positive for India as the ever so reliable number three batsman came to the party. Pujara laid the foundation for India's major victory. He stood tall ever since the start of the series, especially when the team was pushed down to the carpet. With his sheer ability to bat time, Pujara indeed caused the stark difference between the two sides.

With a staggering difference from his previous tour, he accumulated 521 runs at an astonishing average of 74.43 with three marvelous hundreds through the entire course of the series.

He achieved a major feat as he faced most no. of balls by an Indian player in a Test series down under, He surpassed Rahul Dravid's tally of 1203 balls to play 1258 balls in the entire series and make it a memorable feat for him and the team. Despite series being set up around Kohli, it was Pujara who emerged as India's man to ride them to a memorable Test series victory.