Mitchell Starc’s wife Alyssa Healy said that the Australian pacer was reluctant to feature in the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar trophy due to his father's illness. However, Starc joined the team after his father convinced him to play the series, and scalped 11 wickets from four Tests against India.

Ian Chappell has stated that India are one of the few teams in the world of cricket that have enough skilled pacers to meet modern-day challenges. He also cited how Australian pacers were completely burned out in the final stages of the series against India after playing all the Tests.

While India got home in Sydney, the talk of the town was Steve Smith, who was alleged to have tampered the crease with his footmarks. However, with the entire footage ruling that out, Rohit Sharma in Gabba stepped up the banter game, employing similar tactics to jitter out unfazed Smith.

While he picked up three wickets with the ball, Shardul Thakur, batting at No.8, who got off the mark with a six off Pat Cummins bowling got to his half-century with a six off Nathan Lyon’s bowling. The entire Twitter went into a meltdown, praising the all-rounder for his quick-fire innings.