India overpower Australia in 2nd Test, retain Border-Gavaskar trophy

How did the match pan out?

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Australia crawled their way to 263. Fifties from Usman Khawaja and Peter Handscomb played an invaluable role in the same. India racked up 262, riding on the heroics of Axar Patel (74) and Ashwin (37

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Jadeja runs riot in Delhi

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Jadeja annihilated the visitors with figures of 3/68 and 7/42. The left-arm spinner clipped his 12th five-wicket haul in Test cricket.

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Lyon bags his 22nd Test fifer

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Lyon ran down India's top and middle order in the first innings. He completed his 22nd five-wicket haul in Test cricket (5/67). He also completed 100 wickets against India in Tests.

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Axar and Ashwin attain these numbers

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Axar Patel scored his second successive fifty of the series, bashing a clutch 74 off 115 deliveries in the first innings (4s: 9, 6s:3). It was his third fifty, having scored a career-best 84 in Nagpur.

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A noteworthy feat for Ashwin

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Ashwin chimed in a handy 37 runs in the first innings. He became only the fifth Indian to complete a double of 5,000 runs and 700 wickets in First-Class cricket.

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