
Australia declared on their overnight score of 295/5 as Indian openers walked in. Dhawan was given out unfairly and soon walked back to the pavilion. (Source: AP)

Nathan Lyon was soon brought into the attack provided that it was a fifth-day pitch. He soon extracted bounce and turn like he did in the first innings. (Source: AP)

Mitchell Johnson replaced Lyon in the middle overs but didn't get as much purchase from the pitch. (Source: AP)

India's Cheteshwar Pujara succumbed to a turning delivery from Lyon after playing some lovely square cuts and drives. (Source: AP)

Michael Clarke pulled his hamstring and walked off the pitch grimacing in pain. He announced in the post match presentation that he will take no further part in the series. (Source: AP)

Vijay was rock-solid and showed immense technique and composure, he would consider himself very unlucky to miss out on a century. (Source: AP)

In Clarke's absence veteran wicket-keeper Brad Haddin was asked to control things in the middle for the Aussies and did a fantastic job with the field placements and bowling changes.(Source: AP)

Nathan Lyon who used to roll pitches not far away from the main Adealide Oval was bowling one the spells of his career. (Source: AP)

The Monk Who gave away his wicket: Murali Vijay had shown patience, resilience and grit all along but once he was in the 90s he got a bit nervous and got out on 99.

The pair of Vijay and Virat put up a partnership of 185 runs which was the biggest one for India. (Source: AP)

Two hundreds in the match, that too in Australia. Take a bow Virat Kohli, handling the pressure of chasing a score, captaincy and the hostile bowling, Kohli has silenced his critics. (Source: AP)


This picture will perhaps live on in the memory of fans and players for a long time. An opportunity to go one nil up and also win his first Test as captain. Virat played with confidence and was right in trying to put away a rare bad ball from Lyon, but he got the timing just a tad bit wrong and hit to straight to Mitch Marsh. (Source: AP)