Rishabh Pant and Pat Cummins superb, Prithvi Shaw and Nathan Lyon struggle: Australia v India Test series player ratings

Border-Gavaskar Trophy stays with India after extraordinary victory in Brisbane

INDIA TEST SQUAD PLAYER RATINGS: Ravindra Jadeja, 7. 85 runs, average 85; seven wickets at 15. Topped the batting and bowling averages for India in the series. Unlucky to miss out on the final game after his thumb injury at Sydney. Getty Images

Shardul Thakur, 8. Seven wickets at 22.14. Only got his chance once the well had run dry for India, and proved more than up to the task. His counter attacking innings of 67 at Brisbane was vital, and he took seven wickets in the game, too. AFP

Washington Sundar, 8. Four wickets at 42.25. Might not play again any time soon, once Jadeja and Ashwin are fit again, but showed plenty of pluck when he got his chance in the decider. His 62 in a fine alliance with Thakur kept India in it at the Gabba. AFP

Shubman Gill, 8. 259 runs, average 51.80. Lucky to miss the horror show at Adelaide. Elegance personified, and consistent, too. A number of good starts for his side, without making an eye-catching score to go with it. AFP

Rishabh Pant, 9.5. 274 runs, average 68.50. What an enigma. Often seems like he could not catch a cold, but his pugnacious batting changes games. He was heroic in Sydney and Brisbane. “It has been a dream series,” he said, after winning it for his team. AFP

Virat Kohli, 6. 78 runs, average 39. Did not have the chance to dominate in the way he did last time Down Under. His one match before heading back to Australia for the birth of his first child brought innings of 74 and four. AFP

Ajinkya Rahane, 9. 268 runs, average 38.28. Might have felt like he’d been handed a poisoned chalice, taking over a side who had just been bowled out for 36. His response was extraordinary, and his century at Melbourne was his career zenith. AFP

Cheteshwar Pujara, 8. 271 runs, average 33.87. The only Indian other than Rahane to play all four Tests. Tough enough to bowl out, and virtually impossible to knock out, either, as he showed with his courageous stand on the last day of the series when he was struck 10 times. AFP

Rohit Sharma, 6. 129 runs, average 32.25. His belated introduction, after his recuperation from injury, felt like a timely boost for India, even if he did not provide huge returns. Stubbornly sticking to his guns when it comes to going on the attack. AFP

Ravichandran Ashwin, 8. 78 runs, average 19.50; 12 wickets at 28.83. No-one likes him? bout a billion people might question Tim Paine’s assessment of Ashwin after his dogged stand with a poorly back at Sydney. Consistent with the ball, too. AFP

Hanuma Vihari, 7. 72 runs, average 18. Another symbol of the tourists bravery as he fought it out for a draw at Sydney despite scarcely being able to run. And remember the name: it’s Vihari, not Bihari. Getty Images

Mayank Agarwal, 5. 78 runs, average 13. Underachieved, with 38 at Brisbane his top score in six attempts. Succumbed to the tension when he chipped up a catch to cover on the final evening with a game to win. Getty Images

Mohammed Siraj, 9.5. 13 wickets at 29.53. The most compelling figure in the series. Tears for his late father during the national anthem. Standing up to abuse from the crowd. And gave his side a chance with his first Test five-for at the Gabba. EPA

Umesh Yadav, 6. Four wickets at 33.25. Started so brightly with three for 40 as the Indian bowlers sparkled in the first innings in Adelaide, but managed just one wicket in the next three innings. Getty Images

Wriddhiman Saha, 5. 13 runs, average 6.50. In the aftermath of the Pant heroics in the final two Tests, it seemed remarkable to think that Saha had started with the series with the gloves. AFP

Navdeep Saini, 5.5. Four wickets at 43. Might have expected more on Indian pitches that suit his pace and bounce, but at least he showed character to play on through his groin injury. AFP

Jasprit Bumrah, 7. 11 wickets at 29.36. Took wickets in each of the six innings he bowled in. Kept his side in the series until he was done in by a side injury ahead of the last Test match. AFP

Prithvi Shaw, 2. Four runs, average two. Once so highly-rated, he followed up a poor IPL with a chastening experience in Australia. Only two players – Mohammed Shami and T Natarajan, averaged less than he did for India in the series. Getty Images

Mohammed Shami, 4. No wickets. Perhaps unfair to mark him at all, given the series was over for him before it had started, as he suffered a fearful blow to the forearm in the first Test. Getty Images

T Natarajan, 6. Three wickets at 39.66. The fairy tale continues. Such was the dearth of options for India, a player who was not part of the squad when the series was announced debuted in the final Test. Getty Images

Rishabh Pant led India’s wounded tourists to an astonishing win over Australia in Brisbane, to give them a comeback 2-1 win in the series.

The 23-year-old wicketkeeper made a sparkling 89 not out, including hitting the winning runs to hand Australia their first defeat at the Gabba since 1988.

It meant India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy having been thrashed in the first Test, and after using 20 players, having seen captain Virat Kohli return home for paternity leave, as well as lose a number of other star players to injury.

Reflecting on a superb series, Paul Radley provides his player ratings for India in the photo gallery above and for Australia in the photo gallery below. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.

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