IND vs AUS: Sourav Ganguly predicts a hard-fought series Down Under

There are three more Test matches to go and Ganguly predicted every match will have a winner.

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has lauded India’s 31-run victory against Australia in the first Test at the Adelaide Oval. Terming this victory ‘excellent’, he asserted that the series will be a hard-fought one and all four rubbers will yield results.

“It's an excellent win. Really credible,” Ganguly told reporters at the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) premises.

India have never won a Test series in Australia with their best result being a 1-1 draw in the 2003-04 series under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy. There are three more Test matches to go and Ganguly predicted every match will have a winner.

“It will be a competitive series. There will be a result in every match,” said the former Indian captain.

Chasing 323 for victory, Australia's lower middle order gave a tough fight in their second innings against an inspired Indian bowling attack before being eventually bowled out for 291 just before tea on the fifth and final day.

In the second innings, Pujara (71) starred with the bat once again as India made 307, setting the hosts a daunting target, to which they fell short. For the Aussies, off-spinner Nathan Lyon grabbed six wickets while India's Bumrah, Ashwin and Mohammed Shami bagged three wickets.

India had posted 250 in the first innings riding Cheteshwar Pujara's 123 with Australia managing 235 in reply as Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah grabbed three wickets apiece.

This is India's sixth Test win on Australian soil and is the first time they have won a series opener in Australia.

India will next play in Perth from Friday.