India tops in ICC World Test Championship standings after an 'Aussome' victory with several records

For the Indian team, it was a day of double celebration. They won the series 2-1 and retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy and rose to the top of the points table in the ICC World Test Championship. India achieved a historic three-wicket victory at Gabba on Tuesday as they defeated Australia in the fourth Test, thanks to Shubman Gill's (91 runs) and Cheteshwar Pujara's (56 runs) outstanding knock in the second innings.

However, wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 89 runs to steal the show, leading the team to the finish line and helped India realize its dream of an outright series victory.

On the final day, the victory at the Gabba meant that India won an unprecedented back-to-back Test series in Australia.

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After the hard-fought win at The Gabba, India move to the No.1 spot in ICC World Test Championship standings

Australia slip to No.3 #WTC21 pic.twitter.com/UrTLE4Rui0

— ICC (@ICC) January 19, 2021

The Ajinkya Rahane-led team's victory in India vs Australia 4th Test put them 10 points ahead of the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings.

India not only rises to the top of the ICC World Test Championship but also Men in Blue climbed the ladder in the ICC Test Team Rankings. India overtakes Australia in the ICC Test Team Rankings to claim second place. As of the current standings, New Zealand topped the table with 118.44 points, while India now has 117.65 points, overtaking Australia on 113 points.

India displace Australia to become the new No.2 in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Team Rankings #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/ae4sPu3VdQ

— ICC (@ICC) January 19, 2021

Let's take a look at some of the interesting records made at Gabba

1. When Rishabh Pant came to the bat on Tuesday, he was just a run away from touching the 1000-run mark on the test cricket. Pant played an unbeaten 89 runs knock and became the fastest Indian wicket-keeper to reach the 1000 run mark. He took only 27 innings to reach the mark, surpassing the record of MS Dhoni’s 32 innings.
2. The fifth day of the Gabba test also witnessed another batting record from India as Cheteshwar Pujara hit his slowest test fifty. Pujara, who scored 56 runs in 224 balls, hit his 50 in 196 balls. While his last 50 came in 174 balls in Sydney.
3. Rishabh Pant is the top-scorer from the Indian side with 274 runs in the test series. Pant held an average of 68.5 in 5 innings in 3 tests. Overall, Marnus Labuschagne recorded the most runs in the series (426), followed by Steve Smith's 313 runs.
4. Cheteshwar Pujara is currently the only Indian with more than 200 balls innings (9) against Australia. Sunil Gavaskar had 8 innings, Sachin Tendulkar had 7, and Virat Kohli has 6 innings against Aussies.
5. Pat Cummins, the world's number one bowler, bagged the most wickets (23) in the test series against India, followed by fellow pacer Josh Hazelwood (17), while Indian bowler Mohammed Siraj took 13 wickets in the series.