What Australia used to do, India now has done: Ramiz Raja after Rohit Sharma and co claims Border-Gavaskar Trophy

“It was an outstanding performance from India. The tables have turned. How the Delhi game finished, Aussies used to finish games against sub-continent teams in Perth or Brisbane,” he said.

Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin helped Team India drub Australia by six wickets in just three days and give India an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series. It puts the home side on course for their fourth straight series win over the world’s top-ranked side.

The former PCB chairman also made a mention of all-rounder Axar Patel, whose priceless innings of 74 helped India recover from a precarious position in their first innings.

“The clincher was Axar Patel’s knock in the first innings. He stitched a crucial partnership with Ashwin at a time when Australia would have entertained hopes of skittling India out for a low score and taking a sizeable lead. Australia did not demonstrate the necessary mental toughness to thrive on these surfaces and there are obvious technical flaws in their batting. Their batting against spin left much to be desired. They played the wrong shots,” Raja said.

The former Pakistan skipper also unsparing in his criticism of Australia for failing to stand up to spin in both the innings.

“Australia would do to teams from the sub-continent on tailor-made surfaces at Perth or Brisbane what India did to them at Delhi. The tables have turned. It shows Australia did not prepare well for the series. It’s impossible to beat Team India in India. It was an ordinary performance against spin. They lost 9 wickets in a single session. Jadeja came up with an exceptional bowling effort,” the former Pakistan skipper said.

The third test starts in Indore from March 1. Before coming to the Test tour of India, Australian skipper Pat Cummins had lost just one game in his Test captaincy career. After losing the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Nagpur and New Delhi, that number has gone up to three.

“I’m disappointed, I’m shell-shocked – angry about the way we went about our work,” former Australia captain Allan Border said on broadcaster Fox Cricket after Cummins’s team lost nine wickets in a session to hasten defeat on Sunday.

“It was panicky, frenetic batting.”

After a dominant home summer, Australia had ambitions of emulating the great 2004 team that beat India 2-1 away to cement their status as global champions.

“Major, major, major mistake,” former Australia captain Michael Clarke told Australian radio.

“There should have been at least one game over there to get used to the conditions.”

Australia has concerns on the road to Indore. Injury has ruled paceman Josh Hazlewood out of the series, while Cummins flew home on Monday due to a serious family illness. Fitness queries remain over opening batsman David Warner, all-rounder Cameron Green and paceman Mitchell Starc. (With Agency Inputs)