India tour of Australia, 2024-25

Batters played false shots to 25.1% of the deliveries from seamers in the series - one in four deliveries - making it the toughest series for batters in Australia since 2006/07

Ricky Ponting too felt 'things could've been completely different' if India had Bumrah, Siraj and Shami in the playing XI

A back spasm ruled out the Indian skipper from taking the ball one final time in the series leading to a relatively comfortable chase by the hosts

The Australia captain felt that team unity helped his side stay 'honest even when not at best'

Cricket Australia acknowledged that it was not an ideal situation optically that the Indian legend was absent from the podium