We discuss India's memorable eight-wicket win in Melbourne and place it in context of some of the famous Indian victories in Australia.
Talking Points:
<ul>
 <li>Placing the victory in context</li>
 <li>Parallels with Melbourne '81</li>
 <li>Rahane's touch</li>
 <li>Ashwin's immaculate control</li>
 <li>Bumrah's skid and the ball to hoodwink Smith</li>
 <li>Gill v Shaw, Pant v Saha</li>
 <li>Siraj's debut</li>
 <li>Looking ahead to Sydney</li>
</ul>
Participants:
Kartikeya Date (<a href="https://twitter.com/cricketingview">@cricketingview</a>)
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@<a href="https://twitter.com/sidvee">sidvee</a>)
Ashoka (<a href="https://twitter.com/ABVan">@ABVan</a>)
Mahesh Sethuraman (<a href="https://twitter.com/cornerd">@cornerd</a>)
Related:
A tragicomedy called 36 all out - <a href="http://www.81allout.com/the-tragicomedy-of-36-all-out/">81allout podcast</a>
The Melbourne Miracle of 1981 -<a href="http://www.81allout.com/melbourne-miracle-indias-tour-of-australia-1980-81/"> 81allout podcast</a>
Ashwin, Bumrah bowl India to MCG victory - <a href="https://cricketingview.substack.com/p/ashwin-bumrah-bowl-india-to-fourth">Kartikeya Date</a>
Ravi Shastri: India's triumph one of the great comebacks in Test history - Sidharth Monga,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aus-vs-ind-2nd-test-ravi-shastri-india-s-mcg-triumph-is-one-of-the-great-comebacks-in-test-history-1245769">ESPNcricinfo</a>
'No spinner has done that to me in my career' - <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/no-spinner-has-done-that-to-me-in-my-career-steve-smith-narrates-how-he-has-let-ashwin-dictate-terms-in-test-series/story-Pzh3jqOwI3cxsXHoJoXAXI.html">Steve Smith on R Ashwin</a>
Tactical tweaks, delightful drift - Amit Gupta on R Ashwin, <a href="https://scroll.in/field/982682/tactical-tweaks-delightful-drift-breaking-down-ashwin-ravichandrans-great-form-in-australia">Scroll.in</a>
Saini and Siraj better placed than their predecessors - Varun Shetty, <a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aus-vs-ind-boxing-day-test-overseas-debuts-navdeep-saini-mohammed-siraj-better-placed-than-their-predecessors-1245002">ESPNcricinfo</a>

The victorious draw in Sydney

Talking cricket with Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

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