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[caption id="attachment_40076" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Jubiliant Indian cricketers after their incredible series win over Australia at Dharamsala. Image Source: BCCI[/caption] Internet Desk: India defeated Australia by eight wickets in the fourth and final cricket Test to claim the four-match series 2-1 at the HPCA stadium on Tuesday. It was a clinical finish by Rahane and his boys to clinch one of the most controversial and hard-fought bilateral contests in recent times. Chasing 106 for a win, India finished at 107 for two, losing the wickets of Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara. Opener KL Rahul (52 not out) and stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane (38 not out) remained unbeaten to take India home. Ravindra Jadeja was declared the Man of the Match and Man of the Series for his all-round effort with bat and ball. The all-rounder scored 127 runs and bagged 25 wickets in the series. It was India’s seventh Test series win in a row — continuing the dominance that started in 2015 with Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, England and Bangladesh. The hosts needed just 87 runs to win with all 10 wickets in hand. In form batsman Lokesh Rahul continued his dominance over the Aussie bowlers. He started the day with a flurry of boundaries to remain not out on 51 runs. It was his sixth half century of the series. India lost Murali Vijay (8) and Cheteshwar Pujara (0) in quick succession, but stand in skipper Ajinkya Rahane came in with a positive intent as be blazed his way to 38 runs off 27 balls to seal the victory for India.  Both Rahane and Rahul added 60 runs for a third wicket partnership which took the team to victory in 23.5 overs. Fittingly, Rahul scored the winning run. The Karnataka batsman ran towards the Australian dressing room before taking off his helmet. Rahul’s innings of 76 balls had nine fours while Rahane hit four boundaries and two huge sixes of Pat Cummins. It brought the curtains down on a productive home season in which India won 10 out of the 13 Test matches with two draws and the only defeat coming on a Pune dust-bowl against Smith’s side. The victory was even more special as skipper and team’s premier batsman Kohli was unavailable in the deciding contest. The takeaway certainly would be Cheteshwar Pujara’s lion-hearted batting. He scored 405 runs with a hundred and two half-centuries and averaged 57.85. But Rahul stamped his authority as the most exciting Indian batsman of recent times with 393 runs at an average of 65.50. Brief Scores: Australia: 300 and 137 all out in 53.5 overs (Glenn Maxwell 45, Matthew Wade 25 not out; R Jadeja 3/24, Umesh Yadav 3/29, R Ashwin 3/29). India: 332 and 107 for two in 23.5 overs (KL Rahul 52 not out, Ajinkya Rahane 38 not out; Pat Cummins 1/42).