M Labuschagne scored 91 and 73 in this game to provide the 38th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. It also provides the 26^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India on home soil

It also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in one innings and a fifty in another innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RM Cowper	92	108	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
2	KD Walters	93	62*	Ind	Brisbane	Jan 1968
3	KJ Hughes	92	64*	Ind	Kolkata	Oct 1979
4	ML Hayden	97	67	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 2001
5	MJ Clarke	91	73	Ind	Nagpur	Oct 2004
6	DR Martyn	114	97	Ind	Nagpur	Oct 2004
7	CJL Rogers	95	56	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
8	Labuschagne	91	73	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in one innings and a fifty in another innings against India on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RM Cowper	92	108	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
2	KD Walters	93	62*	Ind	Brisbane	Jan 1968
3	CJL Rogers	95	56	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
4	Labuschagne	91	73	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

MJ Clarke at Nagpur in Oct 2004 and M Labuschagne in Jan 2021 have scored similar scores of 91 and 73 against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
5	MJ Clarke	91	73	Ind	Nagpur	Oct 2004
8	Labuschagne	91	73	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

SPD Smith scored 131 and 81 in this game to provide the 39th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. It also provides the 27^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India on home soil

M Labuschagne scored (91,73} and SPD Smith scored {131,81} in this game to provide the sixth occasion of two or more Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	RM Cowper	92	108	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
	2	RB Simpson	55	103	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
2	1	WM Darling	65	56	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 1978
	2	RB Simpson	100	51	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 1978
3	1	MJ Clarke	91	73	Ind	Nagpur	Oct 2004
	2	DR Martyn	114	97	Ind	Nagpur	Oct 2004
4	1	SPD Smith	162*	52*	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
	2	DA Warner	145	102	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
5	1	JA Burns	58	66	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
	2	CJL Rogers	95	56	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
	3	SPD Smith	117	71	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
6	1	Labuschagne	91	73	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021
	2	SPD Smith	131	81	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

It also provides the third occasion in which SPD Smith is one of the batsmen in such an instance.

No	No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	SPD Smith	162*	52*	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
	2	DA Warner	145	102	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
2	1	JA Burns	58	66	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
	2	CJL Rogers	95	56	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
	3	SPD Smith	117	71	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
3	1	Labuschagne	91	73	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021
	2	SPD Smith	131	81	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

SPD Smith scored {131, 81} in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in one innings and a fifty in another innings {which includes twin centuries} in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DG Bradman	132	127*	Ind	Melbourne	Jan 1948
2	RB Simpson	55	103	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
3	RM Cowper	92	108	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
4	RB Simpson	100	51	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 1978
5	AR Border	162	50	Ind	Chennai	Sep 1979
6	KJ Hughes	213	53	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 1981
7	TM Moody	50	101	Ind	Perth	Feb 1992
8	ML Hayden	136	53*	Ind	Melbourne	Dec 2003
9	SM Katich	125	77*	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2004
10	DR Martyn	114	97	Ind	Nagpur	Oct 2004
11	A Symonds	162*	61	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2008
12	SR Watson	126	56	Ind	Mohali	Oct 2010
13	RT Ponting	221	60*	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 2012
14	DA Warner	145	102	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
15	SPD Smith	162*	52*	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
16	SPD Smith	117	71	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
17	SPD Smith	131	81	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

SPD Smith scored {131,81} in this game to provide the third occasion of his scoring a century in one innings and a fifty in another innings a test against India. He became the second batsman to perform such a feat on two or more occasions against India. The following table lists the feats performed by these two batsmen.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RB Simpson	55	103	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
2	RB Simpson	100	51	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 1978
1	SPD Smith	162*	52*	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
2	SPD Smith	117	71	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
3	SPD Smith	131	81	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

Thus SPD Smith holds the record for such a feat against India performing the feat on three occasions.

WP Saha became the first substitute wicket keeper to pouch four catches in an innings. JM Hamilton of West Indies and Mohd Rizwan of Pakistan are the two substitute wicket keepers who have pouched two catches. The details are furnished below.

No	Batsman/Wkt keeper	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Season
1	UT Yadav c JM Hamilton	1	Ind	Win	Hyd-RGS	2018/19
2	CA Pujara c JM Hamilton	1	Ind	Win	Hyd-RGS	2018/19
1	Labuschagne c Mohd Rizwan	2	Aus	Pak	Abu Dhabi	2018/19
2	TM Head c Mohd Rizwan	2	Aus	Pak	Abu Dhabi	2018/19
1	W Pucovski c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21
2	Labuschagne c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21
3	MS Wade c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21
4	C Green c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21

M Labuschagne became the first batsman in the history of test cricket to be caught by a substitute wicket keeper on two occasions.

No	Batsman/Wkt keeper	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Season
1	Labuschagne c Mohd Rizwan	2	Aus	Pak	Abu Dhabi	2018/19
2	Labuschagne c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21

M Labuschagne, MS Wade and C Green became the ninth, tenth and eleventh batsman in the history of test cricket to be dismissed caught by a substitute wicket keeper.

No	Batsman/Wkt keeper	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Season
1	WW Armstrong c AO Jones	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	1905
2	LT Ngidi c KD Karthik	2	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	2017/18
3	UT Yadav c JM Hamilton	1	Ind	Win	Hyd-RGS	2018/19
4	CA Pujara c JM Hamilton	1	Ind	Win	Hyd-RGS	2018/19
5	Labuschagne c Mohd Rizwan	2	Aus	Pak	Abu Dhabi	2018/19
6	TM Head c Mohd Rizwan	2	Aus	Pak	Abu Dhabi	2018/19
7	RJ Burns c J Da Silva	2	Eng	Win	Manchester	2020
8	W Pucovski c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21
9	Labuschagne c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21
10	MS Wade c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21
11	C Green c WP Saha	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	2020/21

M Labuschagne and SPD Smith added 103 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s second innings to provide the 119th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India. It also provides the 25th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India for the third wicket.

M Labuschagne and SPD Smith added 100 for the third wicket in Australia’s first innings and 103 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s second innings to provide the third occasion of the same pair of Australian batsmen posting a century partnership for the same wicket in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	161	1	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015
2	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	237	3	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015
1	MA Taylor, ME Waugh	3	123	1	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
2	MA Taylor, ME Waugh	3	103	3	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
1	Labuschagne, SPD Smith	3	100	1	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021
2	Labuschagne, SPD Smith	3	103	3	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

M Labuschagne {73}, SPD Smith {81} and C Green {84} scored half centuries in Australia’s second innings to provide the 25^th occasion of three or more Australian batsmen scoring half centuries in the same innings of a test. It also provides the 14^th such occasion by Australian batsmen at home soil and the fifth such occasion in a Sydney test.

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 five occasions, only one test – at Melbourne in Dec 2014 has ended in a draw, while the other four test have been won by Australia.