The hyped Australia-India Test series was a commercial success but it was a bittersweet feeling for smaller cricket nations unable to regularly play the expensive format.

India's 3-1 defeat in Australia exposed the fragility of their top order, but equally unmissable was how much they rely on pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who gave it all until he broke down in the series finale in Sydney.

Australia emerged victorious in the fifth and the final Tst of the Border Gavaskar Trophy that was played over the span of a month, in the process establishing a 3-1 victory over the visitors. It helped Pat Cummins led Australia reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years.