Top 5 Australian Test wins in the sub-continent

#1 Win vs India, Pune, 2017

Steve Smith led the team to a commanding win against the Indians

This was probably Australia’s most unlikely win in recent history and shocked everyone who witnessed what went down in Pune during the first test of the 4-match series earlier this year. India had last lost a Test match at home in 2012 and Australia had won only 1 of their last 10 Tests in Asia, when the teams met at Pune.

There were dark predictions on how Australia were going to get slaughtered by India, who had already dispatched New Zealand and England in the previous two Test series. Australia scored an unremarkable 260 in their 1st innings and it was assumed India would score big to put the Test beyond them.

However, unheralded left arm orthodox spinner Steve O’Keefe had other ideas as he took 6 wickets and skittled India out for 105 to turn the match dramatically. Captain Steve Smith scored 109 in the second innings as India were given a target of 441 to win. O’Keefe took 6 wickets once again as India slumped to 107 all out and to a 333-run defeat. It was possibly the most improbable triumph in the recent history of Test cricket.