Australia ended their 10-year drought to win their first Border-Gavaskar Trophy since the 2014-15 series in the afternoon session on Day 3 at SCG. The victory in Sydney also sent them to their second successive World Test Championship final - barring any over-rate deductions - where they will face South Africa for the mace.

Australia's debutant Beau Webster and India's big-game nemesis, Travis Head, saw the small chase through with an unbeaten 58-run stand as the visitors came up short with the ball in the absence of the