NM Lyon captured his 90^th wicket against India when he had Indian captain AM Rahane caught by MS Wade for 4 in India’s second innings. At the end of this test, his aggregate of wickets against India read 91. 

He became the fourth bowler to capture 90 plus wickets against India. Others are – JM Anderson of England {110}, M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka {105} and Imran Khan of Pakistan {94}.

He also became the second spin bowler to capture 90 plus wickets against India after M Muralitharan.

RG Sharma scored 52 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 42nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the 23rd such occasion against Australia in Australia.

It also provides the fourth such occasion at Sydney. Others are – Abid Ali {81} in Jan 68, SC Ganguly {51} in Jan 08 and M Vijay {80] in Jan 15

RG Sharma scored 52 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the twelfth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the sixth such occasion against Australia in Australia.

It also provides the third such occasion at Sydney. Others are – Abid Ali {81} in Jan 68 and M Vijay {80] in Jan 15

RR Pant scored 97 in the fourth innings of this test and his knock has the following statistical accreditations

It provides the 21^st occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Australia. It also provides the eighth such occasion by an Indian wicket keeper batsman against Australia in Australia.

It also provides the third such occasion in the fourth innings of a test. The other two occasions are – SMH Kirmani {55} at Brisbane in Dec 1977 and SMH Kirmani {51} at Adelaide in Jan 1978. Thus RR Pant’s 97 represent the highest individual innings by an Indian wicket keeper batsman against Australia in the fourth innings of a test.

CA Pujara-RR Pant added 148 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 104^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 52nd such occasion by Indian batsmen against Australia in Australia.

It also provides the 19th such occasion for the fourth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia in Australia.  It also provides the eleventh such occasion for the fourth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia in Australia.

It also provides the fifth such occasion for the fourth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia at Sydney.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Mon/Year
1	Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath	4	125	2	Jan 1978
2	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	4	353	1	Jan 2004
3	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	4	108	2	Jan 2008
4	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	4	103	3	Jan 2012
5	RR Pant, CA Pujara	4	148	4	Jan 2021

CA Pujara completed 6000 runs in his test career when he was on 47 during his second innings knock of 47 in this test. His run aggregate read at the end of the test. He became the 69th batsman and also the eleventh Indian batsman to total 6000 plus runs in test cricket

RR Panth scored 97 in India’s second innings to provide the 120th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. It also provides the 56^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings on away soil.

It also provides the 23rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against Australia on away soil.

RR Panth scored 97 in India’s second innings to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings on away soil.

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian wicket batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against Australia on away soil.

MS Dhoni is the other Indian wicket keeper to score ninety against Australia. He scored 92 at Mohali in Oct 2008

CA Pujara scored 50 and 77 in this test to provide the 151st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring twin fifties in a test. It also provides the 78^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring twin fifties in a test on away soil.

It also provides the 37th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against Australia. It also provides the 19^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against Australia in Australia.

CA Pujara scored 50 and 77 in this test to provide the second occasion of his scoring twin fifties in a test against Australia in Australia. Prior to this he had scored 123 and 71 at Adelaide in Dec 2018. He became the fifth Indian batsman to score twin fifties against Australia in Australia. Others are – GR Viswanath, RF Surti, SR Tendulkar and V Kohli

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	CA Pujara	123	71	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2018
2	CA Pujara	50	77	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2021
1	GR Viswanath	59	54	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1977
2	GR Viswanath	89	73	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1978
1	RF Surti	70	53	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1967
2	RF Surti	52	64	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 1968
1	Tendulkar	116	52	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1999
2	Tendulkar	241*	60*	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
1	V Kohli	115	141	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2014
2	V Kohli	169	54	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2014

Four Indian batsmen have scored exact 23 runs as tabulated below. GH Vihari played 161 deliveries which is a record for most deliveries played while scoring 23 runs. The previous best was RJ Shastri. He had played 139 deliveries for his 23 against South Africa at Johannesburg in Nov 92.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GH Vihari	23*	161	4	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2021
2	RJ Shastri	23	139	4	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 1992
3	R Dravid	23	127	4	SAF	Kolkata	Nov 1996
4	SM Gavaskar	23	100	2	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1981

Test cricket has witnessed two batsmen playing 150 plus deliveries while scoring 23 not out. Apart from GH Vihari who played 161 deliveries for his 23 not out, H Verity of England was the other batsman. He faced 157 deliveries for his 23 not out against Australia at Brisbane in Feb 1933.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	GH Vihari	23*	161	4	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 21
2	H Verity	23*	157	2	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Feb 33

The following table lists 29 batsmen who have played 100 plus deliveries while scoring 23.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	GH Vihari	23*	161	4	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 21
2	H Verity	23*	157	2	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Feb 33
3	JC Adams	23	148	4	Win	Ind	Nagpur	Dec 94
4	RJ Shastri	23	139	4	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 92
5	MJ Guptill	23	133	4	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 15
6	R Dravid	23	127	4	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	Nov 96
7	KD Mackay	23	125	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Feb 59
8	AJ Pithey	23	122	1	SAF	Eng	P E’beth	Feb 65
9	MC Snedden	23	122	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	Mar 90
10	MTG Elliott	23	121	2	Aus	SAF	P E’beth	Mar 97
11	JDP Oram	23	121	2	NZl	Ban	Dhaka	Oct 04
12	JK Lever	23	120	1	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Jan 77
13	MW Gatting	23	114	3	Eng	Pak	Lahore	Nov 87
14	Mushtaq Mohd	23	109	1	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 79
15	JM Brearley	23	108	2	Eng	Pak	Lahore	Dec 77
16	RC Russell	23	108	2	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar 94
17	CR Woakes	23	108	4	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	Jul 16
18	BW Luckhurst	23	107	3	Eng	Aus	Perth	Dec 74
19	RWT Key	23	106	3	Eng	Aus	Perth	Nov 02
20	KWR Fletcher	23	103	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 71
21	DW Randall	23	103	1	Eng	Pak	Karachi	Jan 78
22	G Boycott	23	103	3	Eng	Aus	Perth	Dec 78
23	Chanderpaul	23	103	2	Win	Eng	Ch-le-St	May 09
24	N Hussain	23	102	2	Eng	Pak	Faisalabad	Nov 00
25	MHN Walker	23*	101	4	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 74
26	BE Congdon	23	100	3	NZl	Eng	Auckland	Mar 66
27	KD Walters	23	100	4	Aus	SAF	P E’beth	Mar 70
28	SM Gavaskar	23	100	2	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 81
29	CJL Rogers	23	100	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 13

R Ashwin scored 39 not out in the second innings of this test to provide the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring exact 39 not out in an innings. Others are SMH Kirmani and Sarandeep Singh. SMH Kirmani scored 39 not out against Pakistan at Lahore in Oct 1978, while Sarandeep Singh scored 39 not against West Indies at Georgetown in Apr 2002

Australia declared the third innings of this test closed with the score reading 312 for 6 to provide the sixth occasion of Australia declaring its third innings closed against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Aus	367/6d	113.3	3	Perth	Feb 1992
2	Aus	329/5d	098.1	3	Nagpur	Oct 2004
3	Aus	351/7d	088.0	3	Melbourne	Dec 2007
4	Aus	401/7d	107.0	3	Sydney	Jan 2008
5	Aus	318/9d	098.0	3	Melbourne	Dec 2014
6	Aus	312/6d	087.0	3	Sydney	Jan 2021

It is interesting to note out of the six occasions, two tests – at Melbourne in Dec 2014 and this test at Sydney in Jan 2021 have ended in a draw, while the other four tests have been won by Australia.

Four Indian batsmen have scored exact 23 runs as tabulated below. GH Vihari played 161 deliveries which is a record for most deliveries played while scoring 23 runs. The previous best was RJ Shastri. He had played 139 deliveries for his 23 against South Africa at Johannesburg in Nov 92.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GH Vihari	23*	161	4	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2021
2	RJ Shastri	23	139	4	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 1992
3	R Dravid	23	127	4	SAF	Kolkata	Nov 1996
4	SM Gavaskar	23	100	2	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1981

The following table lists ten occasions of Indian batsmen who have played 100 plus deliveries while scoring 39.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	R Dravid	39	196	3	Aus	Mumbai	Feb 2001
2	CPS Chauhan	39	160	2	Aus	Kolkata	Oct 1979
3	NR Mongia	39	150	1	Win	Georgetown	Apr 1997
4	SM Gavaskar	39	135	2	Eng	Chennai	Jan 1977
5	R Ashwin	39*	128	4	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2021
6	NS Sidhu	39	123	2	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 1993
7	Sarandeep Singh	39*	120	2	Win	Georgetown	Apr 2002
8	SC Ganguly	39	115	3	Srl	Delhi	Dec 2005
9	SV Manjrekar	39	111	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
10	R Dravid	39	100	3	NZl	Hamilton	Dec 2002

This test witnessed the overnight batsmen at the end of each day. Perhaps the first such occasion in the annals of test cricket

Day 1	M Labuschagne	and	SPD Smith
Day 2	CA Pujara	and	AM Rahane
Day 3	M Labuschagne	and	SPD Smith
Day 4	CA Pujara	and	AM Rahane

NM Lyon has captured 91 wickets conceding 3117 runs against India. He became the second bowler to concede 3000 plus runs against India after M Muralitharan. M Muralitharan has conceded 3425 runs for his 105 wickets

NM Lyon has captured 57 wickets conceding 2077 runs against India on home soil. He became the first bowler to concede 2000 plus runs against India on home soil

TM Paine’s aggregate of dismissals against India read 35 at the end of this test. He became the third wicket keeper to effect 35 plus dismissals against India. Others are – AC Gilchrist {75} and BJ Haddin {58}

TM Paine’s aggregate of dismissals against India on home soil read 30 at the end of this test. He became the third wicket keeper to effect 35 plus dismissals against India on home soil. Others are – AC Gilchrist {46} and BJ Haddin {40}

This test ended in a draw providing the 42^nd occasion of a drawn test at Sydney and also providing the seventh drawn test at Sydney in Australia-India test series.

India scored 334 for 5 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the seventh occasion of India scoring 300 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test to draw the test. All such seven occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first such occasion against Australia.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	India	429/8	150.5	4	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
2	India	364/6	131.0	4	Pak	Delhi	Dec 1979
3	India	355/8	107.0	4	Win	Mum-BS	Feb 1949
4	India	343/6	90.0	4	Eng	Manchester	Aug 1990
5	India	334/5	131.0	4	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2021
6	India	325/3	136.0	4	Win	Kolkata	Dec 1948
7	India	303/3	96.0	4	Pak	Karachi	Nov 1989

India scored 334 for 5 in 131.0 overs in the fourth innings of this test to provide the fifth occasion of India scoring 300 plus runs 100 plus overs in the fourth innings of a test to draw the test. All such five occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first such occasion against Australia.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	India	429/8	150.5	4	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
2	India	325/3	136.0	4	Win	Kolkata	Dec 1948
3	India	364/6	131.0	4	Pak	Delhi	Dec 1979
4	India	334/5	131.0	4	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2021
5	India	355/8	107.0	4	Win	Mum-BS	Feb 1949

India scored 334 for 5 in 131.0 overs in the fourth innings of this test to provide the seconf occasion of India scoring 300 plus runs 100 plus overs in the fourth innings of a test to draw the test on away soil. The first such occasion was against England at The Oval in Aug 1979. India posted 429 for 8 in 150.5 overs. Both such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first such occasion against Australia.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	India	429/8	150.5	4	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
2	India	334/5	131.0	4	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2021