Australia have hailed their World Test Championship triumph as one of their greatest cricket achievements, after giving themselves one afternoon to celebrate before the Ashes.
Australia completed a dominant 209-run victory in the final at The Oval on Sunday, with an early double blow from Scott Boland killing off any chance of an Indian miracle.
Pursuing 444 for victory, India were all out for 234 shortly before lunch on day five after Boland's heroics inspired a collapse of 7-55.
The triumph makes Australia the first team to have won world titles in all three formats of the game, with Cummins, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and David Warner completing their own triple crowns.
Asked if it was the biggest of their achievements, captain Pat Cummins said: "They all feel a little bit different.
"Test matches for us are our favourite format, our biggest challenge in every way - and this competition, pitting us against everyone in the world, it's got to be right up there.
"It's probably like to trying to pick your favourite kids ... but, yeah, it's satisfying."
After Boland broke India's back with his fourth-innings 3-46, Mitchell Starc (2-77) claimed the scalps of Ajinkya Rahane and Umesh Yadav to silence his critics ahead of the Ashes.
Nathan Lyon (4-41) also removed Shardul Thakur and KS Bharat, before having Mohammed Siraj caught reverse sweeping to seal the victory.
Australia had put an emphasis on winning the Test Championship for the past two years, after missing out on the inaugural final in 2021 after an over-rates penalty.
They reached the final courtesy of an unbeaten run at home, but also held a 3-3 record on the sub-continent in what theoretically should have been their most difficult cycle with series away to Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India.
"The wins in the sub-continent got us here," coach Andrew McDonald said.
"We're really strong in Australia. So I think that most people would expect us to be winning Test matches in Australia.
"But to be able to execute in Pakistan, win a Test match in Sri Lanka and then to get that win in Indore to secure a place in the final was vitally important."
Beyond the win, Boland's breakthroughs rammed home the argument Australia cannot leave him out of their side for the first Test at Edgbaston starting Friday.
The Victorian is yet to be picked for Australia when Starc, Cummins and fit-again Josh Hazlewood are all available, but his match figures of 5-105 will strengthen his cause.
His spell on Sunday also damned India's hopes after his dismissal of opener Shubman Gill on day four.
When Australia threw away a review in desperation to remove Virat Kohli with the score at 3-179, there were immediate flashbacks to the 2019 capitulation at Headingley.
But the match swung violently back in Australia's favour two balls later, when the Indian star edged Boland to a flying Steve Smith at second slip on 49.
Boland then had Ravindra Jadeja two balls later, drawing the edge and ensuring there could only be one winner.
Australia celebrated with the team song at The Oval, by now deserted, on Sunday afternoon and will take the bus to Birmingham the following day knowing they've had near perfect preparation for the Ashes.
For while questions linger over Warner and Usman Khawaja's form in England at the top of the order, Smith and Travis Head set up the win with first-innings centuries.
Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green and Alex Carey all spent good time in the middle, with Carey's unbeaten 66 allowing Australia to set up the chase.
The bowlers were also able to take 20 wickets with the Dukes ball, leaving selectors with far more positive headaches than negatives.
