How the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was won

1st Test, Day 2: Tendulkar rolls back the years
Sachin Tendulkar walked to the crease in the sixth over of India's first innings with the scorecard reading 12 for 2, in reply to Australia's 380, and buckled down to take the score to 182 for 3 by stumps. The early loss of the openers brought to the crease Tendulkar and he proceeded to hit three superbly-timed fours before the over was up. Tendulkar's innings was an extension of the stroke-filled 140 he made in the recent Irani Trophy, and was peppered with some excellent boundaries square of the wicket on both sides. This was vintage Tendulkar, rolling his wrists to caress the ball around the ground and playing forward with a solidity not seen for some time. Tendulkar combined for solid partnerships of 93 with Cheteshwar Pujara and 77 with Virat Kohli as India finished the second day 198 in arrears of Australia, Tendulkar batting on 71.  

A look back at the key performers and passages of play which led to India's whitewash of Australia in the 2012-13 Border Gavaskar Trophy.
 1st Test, Day 3: Dhoni seizes the momentum
 MS Dhoni walked in at the fall of Tendulkar (81) after India had scored just 14 runs in 11 overs and proceeded to counter-attack brilliantly, before marshalling the lower order to a total of 515 for 8. His arrival injected the desire impetus into a flagging innings; he began with a burst of singles and doubles and was clearly out to upset Nathan Lyon's rhythm, shuffling and coming down the track. Dhoni's assault on the new ball was exhilarating, as India took 54 in the first even seven overs. His fifty came up in 59 balls during an over in which he carved Mitchell Starc for three off-side boundaries, and then Moises Henriques was smacked for six over extra cover and four past mid-on in his first over. As the shadows lengthened, Dhoni trained his sights on Lyon again, hitting him for two sixes in an over. His maiden double-century needed 231 deliveries at stumps he was on 206 - the highest score by any wicketkeeper-captain and the best by an Indian 'keeper.

1st Test, Day 4: Ashwin triggers big Australian collapse
India's spinners grabbed nine wickets for 175 runs in 65.5 overs as Australia, with R Ashwin claiming five and Ravindra Jadeja three. From 34 for 0, Australia slumped to 175 for 9 before a dogged tenth-wicket stand delayed the inevitable. The excellent work done by the spinners allowed India to wrap up victory early on day five.
2nd Test, Day 1: Bhuvneshwar swings out Australia's top order
Having opted to bat, Australia lost their openers inside five overs after Bhuvneshwar Kumar produced a good display of swing bowling. David Warner inside-edged a delivery jagging back in to become Bhuvneshwar's first Test wicket, and in the next over Ed Cowan was struck in line with middle stump when beaten by an incutter. In Bhuvneshwar's eighth over, Shane Watson was beaten for movement and the lack of bounce to be struck on the back leg in front of off stump. Bhuvneshwar's 3 for 36 had left Australia in big trouble.