India rose from the ashes like the Phoenix, putting behind the horrendous umpiring decisions at Sydney, racism allegations and a 3-match ban against Harbhajan, and a 0-2 scoreline, to beat the "invincible" Australians comprehensively in the third test at the WACA at Perth, stunning Ponting to admit his side hadn't been good enough for the young Indian team (whose three pacers are all younger than the youngest member in the Australian squad!).
India also ended Australia's 16 match unbeaten streak, just like India had done it earlier in Calcutta, stopping the Australians in their tracks from going on to set a new world record.
Some more interesting snippets...
This is Ponting's first defeat as skipper in Australia
Australia was undefeated at home for 25 tests all the way back from Dec 2003. The last time they lost at home was also to India in Adelaide
Autralia have lost only 17 tests in the last decade, and 7 of those have been to India
This was also the first time since 1999 that Australia lost a test within 4 days
And probably one of the few examples where India won without a significant contribution from Dada ;)
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