Wins in Adelaide and Melbourne had given Virat Kohli's side a 2-1 lead going into the final Test and a draw was enough to secure a breakthrough that had eluded all previous Indian touring parties for 71 years.
Images from Day 2 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh in Indore.
Images from Thursday's World Cup match between India and West Indies, at Old Trafford.
Fearless Hetmyer guides West Indies to challenging 207/5
Bad light and intermittent rain led to substantial loss of play with only 25.3 overs bowled on day four.
Opener Mayank Agarwal stamped his authority on a struggling South African attack with a second successive hundred as India gained the upperhand on the opening day of the second Test.
The second T20 International between India and Australia was called off due to rain at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test between West Indies and India in Kingston, Jamaica, on Sunday
Images from Sunday, Day 4 of the second Test between India and South Africa, in Pune.
India's nemesis Younis Khan (123 not out) again rose to the occasion with a scintillating century as Pakistan chased down an intimidating target en route to an eight-wicket win against their lacklustre arch-rivals to stay afloat in the Asia Cup cricket tournament in Karachi on Wednesday.
Australia, replying to India's first innings score of 441, were dismissed for 355, handing India a vital 86-run lead, on Day 3 of the fourth Test.
Praveen Kumar and Piyush Chawla picked four wickets each as India beat Pakistan by 140 runs in the second match of the tri-series.
India registered a three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring second ODI to level the five-match series 1-1.
India, replying to Sri Lanka's 600-6 declared, were in trouble at 159-6 at close on Day 3 of the first Test.
Opener Malinda Warnapura scored an unbeaten 50 to guide Sri Lanka to 85 for 2 on a rain-truncated first day in the first Test against India.
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, on Sunday.
India overcame a wobbly start and some anxious moments before beating England by 16 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the third One-Day International, to take a comfortable 3-0 lead in the seven-match series, in Kanpur, on Thursday. Chasing 241 for victory, the hosts were less dominating but conscious of the Duckworth-Lewis requirement as they scored 198 for 5 in 40 overs before fading light forced an early end to the game.
India's most successful captain Sourav Ganguly is set to bid farewell to the international game at the end of the ongoing fourth Test against the Aussies at Nagpur. The left-hander walked in to bat at the fall of VVS Laxman's wicket in India's first innings on Thursday afternoon.
Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who notched his 40th Test century in the fourth Test against Australia at Nagpur, said the wicket will suit India as the match goes on if they can manage a big score in the first innings.
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.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the 4th Test played at the SCG on Sunday
India (526) posted their highest innings total at Adelaide, surpassing their 523 in 2003-04. This is the third occasion when India have recorded a total of 500-plus at the venue. In 1985-86, India had made 520. India became the first team to post three totals of 500-plus against Australia at Adelaide.
Frustrated Australia captain Ricky Ponting took a swipe at India's negativity after the first Test ended in a draw on Monday, saying his players were the only ones in the game trying to take the game forward.
India beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs in the third ODI to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
India and Pakistan were fined for slow over rates in Thursday's second ODI, won by the touring side by four wickets. The players were fined five percent of their match fee and the two captains double the amount after both teams were ruled to have fallen one over short in the allotted time.
Shahid Afridi hit 29 off 14 balls after Younis Khan's century to earn Pakistan a thrilling four-wicket victory in the second ODI.
The Indian captain described the batting order as the best at his disposal after India were bowled out for 148 in 39.4 overs.
The two-wicket victory revived India's hopes of making it to the finals of the CB tri-series.
Australia will need to defy history to chase down the total and survive the wiles of Ravichandran Ashwin on a fifth day pitch.
'He's definitely going to be the No 1 Test batsman in terms of runs, centuries, everything,' said India's captain Anil Kumble.
Rookie leg-spinner Piyush Chawla took 3 for 29 as India crushed Ireland by 9 wickets.
India were bowled out for 627 before South Africa replied with a solid 131 for one in their second innings to take a 44-run lead, on Day 4 of the first Test.
Ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels the South African batsmen, who put up 304 for 4 on Day 1 of the first Test, will struggle in the second innings when the pitch deteriorates.
India ended Day 1 in the first Test against Bangladesh on a healthy 295 for 3 off 77 overs.
An eight-run victory in the fourth ODI enabled India cut Australia's lead to 2-1 in the seven-match series.
India won the second One-Day International against South Africa by 22 runs on Wednesday, to draw level (1-1) in the five-match series. Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from the match played in Indore.
In the semi-finals, India will meet Australia while Pakistan take on New Zealand.
Chasing 413 for victory, Australia were dismissed for 340 on the fourth day of the third Test.
Pakistan, chasing 374 to win the third Test in 48 overs, were 162-7 from 36 when bad light forced play to be called off.
The Indian captain said Dhoni has learnt to adapt his game according to the situation.
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