PM Imran congratulates Virat, Indian team over historic win in Australia

Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated on Tuesday the Indian cricket skipper Virat Kohli and his team after his side's historic Test series win against Australia, Down Under.

“Congratulations to Virat Kohli and the Indian cricket team for the first ever win by a subcontinent team in a test series in Australia,” said PM Khan, in a tweet.

Congratulations to Virat Kohli and the Indian cricket team for the first ever win by a subcontinent team in a test series in Australia

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 8, 2019

Team India became the first side from Asia to beat Aussies at their own backyard, after team India clinched the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2-1.

Speaking to the media on Monday after the win, Kohli said he hoped that the series win would act as something of a counterbalance to popularity of the shorter, more explosive brands of cricket that have increasingly dominated the Indian game.

“I see this series as a stepping stone for this team to inspire the next lot of test cricketers,” he told reporters.

“To be passionate for test cricket firstly. When Indian cricket respects test cricket we know the fans are going to come in and watch test cricket… We definitely want to build on this and always promote the message of test cricket being the most important and the most valued format of the game, which it rightfully is,” he said.