In the second innings, the Indian spinners struck regularly, and except Henriques, no other Aussie showed any resistance, thus leaving India with a small target.

India again lost the toss but this time the pacers extracted early movement which aided the spinners and resulted in low 1st innings total for Australia.

India, however, with Dhawan's quickfire debut century and steady batting from Vijay, got a small lead.

In the second innings, the Indian bowlers again dismissed the Australians for a low score and India won on the last day with less than 4 overs left.

The spinners wreaked havoc in the match, and only Siddle from Australia and Pujara from India showed some resistance.

[7] The incident referred to an assignment given by head coach Mickey Arthur to the players requiring them to give in writing ways to improve their performance to help the team.