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AUSvIND: Battered India pull off greatest Test series win of all time- By Ritam Mitra Source:Indianlink Ten first-choice players unavailable or injured for at least part of the series, including the talismanic captain who happens to be the best player. Crowds and opposition players alike hurling abuse, amidst pockets of racist taunts in the stands. Many players spending up to five months in a strictly-controlled quarantine bubble, one player missing the birth of his first child, and another the death of his father. Facing, statistically at least, the best Australian bowling attack of all time, on their hallowed home turf, and being bowled out for the side’s lowest-ever Test score in the opening match. A gruelling four-Test series culminating in a record chase required in the deciding Test at a venue at which Australia had not lost in 33 years. And yet, India, caught in the middle of a bloody ...