India were dismissed for 295 in their second innings, setting Australia a record target of 382 to win the fourth and final Test in Nagpur. In reply, the visitors raced to 13 without loss in 1.3 overs before accepting the offer of bad light at the end of Day 4. Matthew Hayden was unbeaten on five, with Simon Katich on eight from two boundaries.
India handed Manoj Tiwary his one-day international debut against Australia in the opening match of the tri-series.
The tributes have been pouring in - and as the cricket loving public assimilate the enormity of the loss, more will follow. Below, find a preliminary round up - and it begins with this eulogy from a long-time mate and one of Anil Kumble's closest friends.
India skipper Anil Kumble received stitches on the little finger of his left hand which he injured while fielding, during the third day's play in the third Test against Australia, but the veteran leg-spinner will be back to his bowling ways on the fourth and penultimate day of match.
Australia were 62 without loss at stumps, in reply to India's 526, at the end of Day 2 of the fourth Test.
Australia opening batsman Phil Jacques will return home from the Test tour of India due to a back problem. The left-handed batsman sat out the drawn first Test after Simon Katich was chosen to partner fellow opener Matthew Hayden. The pair were retained for the second Test, which began on Friday.
Statistical highlights of the fourth day of the first Test between India and Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Bangalore on Sunday.
Ricky Ponting led from the front with a brilliant century to help Australia reach 254 for four at close on the opening day of the first Test against India.
Shane Watson currently tops the list, with Adam Gilchrist in second place. Michael Hussey and Matthew Hayden are still in the top 10 although they played just four matches.
Shane Watson was the most valuable player of IPL 2008. Who will it be this time? Any of the top five ranked players has a chance, with Suresh Raina being the current favourite.
Relations between the Indian and Australian cricket team, at an all time low after the acrimonious series Down Under, could be mended during the Indian Premier League, which will start on April 18. Skipper Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Matthew Hayden and Brett Lee are among a large group of Australians spread across the eight franchises in the cash rich Indian Premier League and it is hoped that the Aussies could regain their lost popularity in India.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Rodney Hogg were engaged in a war of words with the former Australian pacer saying that the Indian spinner was successful against South Africa mainly due to the spin-friendly wickets during the Test series.
Former Australia vice-captain and wicketkeeper Ian Healy, looking back on the just-concluded tour, says this Indian era should produce some real masters of the game with bat, ball as well as all-rounder status.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh left Australia with a parting swipe to his critics and opponents by saying he would not tone down his on-field behaviour.
BCCI has decided not to intervene in the Matthew Hayden-Harbhajan case and leave it on the Indian team management to decide the issue.
India's Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday came under a fresh attack by Australian cricketers with opener Matthew Hayden calling the off-spinner an "obnoxious little weed", a remark which has the potential to create more bad blood between the two teams.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in their tri-series one-day international against Sri Lanka.
India were 45 for one at stumps in their second innings, a lead of eight runs after trailing Australia by 37 on the first innings.
Irfan Pathan was handed the job of opening the batting with Virender Sehwag after Wasim Jaffer was left out.
Shane Warne said Australia cared too much about their image in Perth and lost the edge without their trademark aggression.
India made one change with paceman Zaheer Khan ruled out because of an injured heel and was replaced by Ishant Sharma.
Matthew Hayden completed 8,000 runs in 92 Tests -- 8003 runs at an average of 53.00. He is the fifth Australian player and the 18th in Test annals to have amassed 8000 or more runs.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
Brighton and Hove Albion's Tomer Hemed grabbed the only goal as they ended Newcastle United's three-match winning streak with a 1-0 victory on Sunday in a battle between two of this season's promoted sides.
A league of this nature will be nothing more than a money-spinning machine, unless it has the added plus of throwing up domestic talent.
Virender Sehwag replaced Yousuf Pathan in the Indian side for the one-off Twenty20 international, while Murali Kartik came in for all-rounder Joginder Sharma.
The world champions, having already sealed the series 4-1, fielded an unchanged side after opener Matthew Hayden failed to recover fully from his hip injury.
India made one change, bringing in leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in place of Munaf Patel for the first of the best of three finals.
After Hayden, Gambhir is perched at the second spot by accumulating 227 runs at 37.83 in the batsmen's list.
Brett Lee claimed the first hat-trick as Australia thrashed Bangladesh by nine wickets in a Super Eight game of the Twenty20 World Cup.
A World Cup year tends to dominate discussion on ODI cricket, and bilateral series are usually quickly forgotten. Before the series against Australia begins, let us take a look at India's best ODI players during the ongoing 2019-2020 season.
India recalled Virender Sehwag for Yuvraj Singh and dropped spinner Harbhajan Singh for paceman Irfan Pathan.
'I felt Test cricket is just beyond my reach.' 'And slowly, slowly, I started doing well.' 'In the second Test against Pakistan, I scored a fifty and when we went to Sialkot I played a series-saving innings, which was a game changer for me.' 'At that stage that was the most important innings of my life.'
The second Test against India starts in Adelaide on Friday.
The India captain said his five-wicket haul on the opening day of the first Test against Australia is the best of his career.
The International Cricket Council announced on Monday that Jamtha Stadium, Nagpur, has been given an official warning under the ICC Pitch Monitoring Process following the third Test between India and South Africa.
UEFA said it would replace the pitch at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille after Wednesday's final group E match between Italy and Ireland.
Australia's Phil Jaques will replace the retired Justin Langer in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
In major embarrassment for the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the International Cricket Council rated the track at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground in Nagpur, on which the third Test between India and South Africa was played, as "poor", triggering a review of the performance of the pitch under the ICC Pitch Monitoring Process.
The Aussies won the Group B match at the Twenty20 World Cup by 8 wickets and entered the Super Eight stage.
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