Australia, by winning the third Test at Nagpur on Friday, also won the four-match series 2-0 with one match to go.
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Australia had last won a Test series in India way back in December 1969 when Bill Lawry's team beat Nawab Pataudi's Indian team 3-1.
Overall it was only the 14th instance of a visiting side winning a series (comprising atleast two Tests) on Indian soil. West Indies have done so most often -- 5 times, followed by Australia (4), England (3), Pakistan (1) and South Africa (1).
Details of India's series-losses at home soil:
| Series | Opponent | Tests | Series Result |
| 1933-34 | England | 3 | England 2-0 |
| 1948-49 | West Indies | 5 | West Indies 1-0 |
| 1956-57 | Australia | 3 | Australia 2-0 |
| 1958-59 | West Indies | 5 | West Indies 3-0 |
| 1959-60 | Australia | 5 | Australia 2-1 |
| 1966-67 | West Indies | 3 | West Indies 2-0 |
| 1969-70 | Australia | 5 | Australia 3-1 |
| 1974-75 | West Indies | 5 | West Indies 3-2 |
| 1976-77 | England | 5 | England 3-1 |
| 1983-84 | West Indies | 6 | West Indies 3-0 |
| 1984-85 | England | 5 | England 2-1 |
| 1986-87 | Pakistan | 5 | Pakistan 1-0 |
| 1999-00 | South Africa | 2 | South Africa 2-0 |
| 2004-05 | Australia | 4 | Australia 2-0 # |
(# - one Test to be played)
Note: England (in 1979-80) and Pakistan (in 1998-99) registered win in the only Test scheduled. The former was played on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the formation of the BCCI, while the latter was contested as a part of the Asian Test Championship.
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