IN PICS: India win Gabba thriller, claim Test series 2-1

Rishabh Pant unleashed a Twenty20-style batting assault to blast India to an incredible three-wicket win in the fourth Test decider on Tuesday. (Getty Images)

With the win, Ajinkya Rahane's injury-ravaged tourists humbled Australia with a 2-1 series triumph. (Getty Images)

Pant timed his innings to perfection in a 138-ball 89 as India galloped to a record 328-run chase at the Gabba, becoming the first team since the West Indies in 1988 to beat Australia at their Brisbane stronghold. (AFP Photo)

India mowed down 145 runs after tea to claim a win against all odds when Pant smashed Josh Hazlewood to the long-off fence for four with 18 balls to spare. (Getty Images)

Pant's stellar innings was only one of a slew of heroic efforts by the Indian side, with opener Shubman Gill (91) and a battered Cheteshwar Pujara (56) helping them mow down the total with defiant half-centuries. (AP Photo)

Without a single first-choice bowler in Brisbane, India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, two years after beating Australia in the 2018-19 series Down Under, and also shot to the top of the World Test Championship. (AFP Photo)

This victory, however, was a greater achievement by far as the previous series saw Australia deprived of top batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner due to a ball-tampering scandal. (Getty Images)

The jubilant scenes at the Gabba were also a far cry from the Adelaide opener when India were bowled out for 36 and suffered a thrashing in three days. (AP Photo)

Yet the Indians rallied superbly to win in Melbourne and held Australia to a brave draw in the third Test in Sydney. (AFP Photo)

Australia battled hard to claim late wickets on day five in Brisbane but questions will be asked about Tim Paine's captaincy, with the home side proving incapable of bowling India out on the fifth day for a second successive Test. (AFP Photo)

Australia pacer Pat Cummins was named Player of the Series in a losing cause after taking 21 wickets. (Getty Images)