Australia hails the Pune win no one saw coming


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  • Sunday, 26 Feb 2017

Cricket - India v Australia - First Test cricket match - Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India - 25/02/17. Australia's Steve O'Keefe (C) celebrates with team mates the wicket of India's captain Virat Kohli. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia hailed the extraordinary victory by their cricketers in the first test against India in Pune on Sunday, the plaudits just about drowning out the expressions of stunned surprise at a triumph almost no one expected.

The men in baggy green caps took just two-and-a-half days to secure a first test triumph in India since 2004, a run of 11 matches, and doling out a thumping to a side that had gone 20 tests without tasting defeat on home soil.

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