Australia earned a 2-1 series victory over India on Monday after the fourth and final Test ended in a draw at the Adelaide Oval.
India, who needed to win the match to draw the series, finished the game on 269 for seven in their second innings and an overall lead of 232 runs.
A detailed statistical analysis of the four-match series.
Summary of results:
| Test | Dates | Result | Man of the Match |
| 1st | 26-29 Dec 2007 | Australia won by 337 runs | M Hayden |
| 2nd | 2-6 Jan 2008 | Australia won by 122 runs | A Symonds |
| 3rd | 16-19 Jan 2008 | India won by 72 runs | I Pathan |
| 4th | 24-28 Jan 2008 | Drawn | S Tendulkar |
| Man of the series: Brett Lee | |||
Highest Innings Total:
| 563 | Australia | Adelaide | 1st Inns |
| 532 | India | Sydney | 1st Inns |
| 526 | India | Adelaide | 1st Inns |
Lowest Innings Total:
| 161 | India | Melbourne | 2nd Inns |
| 196 | India | Melbourne | 1st Inns |
| 210 | India | Sydney | 2nd Inns |
| 212 | Australia | Perth | 1st Inns |
Highest Individual Innings:
(Australia)
| 162* | A Symonds | Sydney | 1st Inns |
| 145* | M Hussey | Sydney | 2nd Inns |
| 140 | R Ponting | Adelaide | 1st Inns |
| 124 | M Hayden | Melbourne | 1st Inns |
| 123 | M Hayden | Sydney | 2nd Inns |
| 118 | M Clarke | Adelaide | 1st Inns |
| 103 | M Hayden | Adelaide | 1st Inns |
(India)
| 154* | S Tendulkar | Sydney | 1st Inns |
| 153 | S Tendulkar | Adelaide | 1st Inns |
| 151 | V Sehwag | Adelaide | 2nd Inns |
| 109 | VVS Laxman | Sydney | 1st Inns |
Leading run-scorers:
| Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| S Tendulkar | 4 | 8 | 1 | 493 | 154* | 70.43 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| M Hayden | 3 | 5 | 0 | 410 | 124 | 82.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 4 | 7 | 1 | 410 | 162* | 68.33 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | 4 | 8 | 0 | 366 | 109 | 45.75 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M Clarke | 4 | 7 | 0 | 316 | 118 | 45.14 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| M Hussey | 4 | 7 | 1 | 292 | 145* | 48.67 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| V Sehwag | 2 | 4 | 0 | 286 | 151 | 71.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R Ponting | 4 | 7 | 0 | 268 | 140 | 38.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P Jaques | 4 | 7 | 0 | 243 | 66 | 34.71 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| R Dravid | 4 | 8 | 1 | 237 | 93 | 33.86 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| S Ganguly | 4 | 8 | 0 | 235 | 67 | 29.38 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Best bowling in an innings:
| 5-84 | A Kumble | Melbourne | 1st Inns |
| 5-119 | B Lee | Sydney | 1st Inns |
Leading wicket-takers:
| Bowler | M | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5WI | 10WM | Avg | SR | Eco |
| B Lee | 4 | 1121 | 33 | 542 | 24 | 5-119 | 1 | 0 | 22.58 | 46.71 | 2.90 |
| A Kumble | 4 | 1089 | 16 | 689 | 20 | 5-84 | 1 | 0 | 34.45 | 54.45 | 3.80 |
| M Johnson | 4 | 1009 | 31 | 530 | 16 | 4-86 | 0 | 0 | 33.13 | 63.06 | 3.15 |
| S Clark | 4 | 876 | 37 | 395 | 14 | 4-28 | 0 | 0 | 28.21 | 62.57 | 2.71 |
| RP Singh | 4 | 707 | 15 | 507 | 13 | 4-68 | 0 | 0 | 39.00 | 54.38 | 4.30 |
| A Symonds | 4 | 546 | 19 | 247 | 9 | 3-51 | 0 | 0 | 27.44 | 60.67 | 2.71 |
| I Pathan | 2 | 414 | 6 | 229 | 8 | 3-54 | 0 | 0 | 28.63 | 51.75 | 3.32 |
| B Hogg | 3 | 750 | 15 | 481 | 8 | 2-51 | 0 | 0 | 60.13 | 93.75 | 3.85 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 924 | 17 | 490 | 8 | 3-101 | 0 | 0 | 61.25 | 115.50 | 3.18 |
| I Sharma | 3 | 606 | 11 | 358 | 6 | 3-115 | 0 | 0 | 59.67 | 101.00 | 3.54 |
| Zaheer Khan | 1 | 262 | 3 | 187 | 5 | 4-94 | 0 | 0 | 37.40 | 52.40 | 4.28 |
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