India vs Australia: These 3 charts show how Kohli's squad outplayed Aussies

India's performance gap with the Aussies in this series was in contrast to earlier decades

India’s historic test series win against Australia on Australian soil was path-breaking in more ways than one. It reversed the normal gap that Australia enjoyed over India in multiple departments of the game. For once, India had a large bowling gap in its favour, with a much better average on a per-bowler basis. 

This Business Standard analysis, based on ESPNcricinfo data for Indian matches against Australia played in Australia, shows that the batting average of Team India, led by Virat Kohli, also showed a similarly wide gap over Australian batsmen. 

The batting average is based on total number of runs scored divided