Australia captain Pat Cummins is not bothered if India walked away with momentum from the drawn third Test but is pleased that they did not let the visitors exploit better batting conditions in the first innings. Australia, who largely controlled the third Test, declared their second innings at 89/7 to set India a 275-run target but rian prevented an exciting climax.

"(I) can’t say I've ever been scared of momentum — don't really care about that. I think we can take a lot from this week," he told media after the end of the contest. "A couple of great partnerships, to be sent in on a (fresh) wicket and score 450 (445) and then managing to bowl India out for 250 (260) when the wicket, the conditions were probably a little bit better. We can take a lot from that," he said.

Ashwin is one of the all time greats

While the contest expectedly ended in a draw with the series tied 1-1, India's spin great Ashwin announced his immediate retirement from international cricket. Cummins said Ashwin’s decision midway through the series was surprising.

"Yeah, (the timing was) a bit of a surprise. He's obviously been a fantastic player all around the world really. There aren't too many finger spinners that have that kind of longevity. He'll go down as one of the all-time greats.”

"(He was) always a fantastic competitor, (we) had a lot of battles against him over the years here in Australia as well over in India. Just a massive respect from our change room to the career that he's had,” he said. The home skipper said the Brisbane Test was one of the most frustrating games due to the number of times players were forced off the field.

"It's right up there. I can't remember (in the past) even coming close (to) the amount of times we were on and off throughout the five days,” he said. “Especially here in Brisbane, I feel like it normally just pelts down for a couple hours and then you're back on and it's clear… yeah, frustrating. (It) felt like we were ahead of the game for pretty much all of it, but not to be,” he added.