GH Vihari was dismissed run out for 4 in India’s first innings to provide the 287^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings It also provides the 143rd occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings on away soil.

It also provides the 115th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings for single digit runs {Zero to 9}. It also provides the 56^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out for single digit runs {0 to 9} in an innings on away soil

It also provides the 42nd occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against Australia. It also provides the 22^nd occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against Australia on away soil.

It also provides the 20th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings for single digit runs {Zero to 9}. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out for single digit runs {0 to 9} in an innings on away soil

It is interesting to note that in each of the three tests of the series, Indian innings has witnessed one of its batsman dismissed run out. At Adeliade, V Kohli was dismissed run out for 74, at Melbourne, AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 112 and now at Sydney, GH Vihari was dismissed run out for 4.

GH Vihari was dismissed run out for 4 in India’s first innings to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings at Sydney against Australia. The other three batsmen are – CS Pandit for 9 in Jan 1992, J Srinath for 1 in Jan 1992 and BKV Prasad for 3 in Jan 2000.

SPD Smith’s 131 in Australia’s first innings was his eighth century against India. He now shares the record for most centuries by an Australian batsman against India with RT Ponting. RT Ponting has also scored eight centuries.

Player	No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
RT Ponting	1	125	1	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1999
RT Ponting	2	141*	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2000
RT Ponting	3	242	1	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2003
RT Ponting	4	257	2	Ind	Melbourne	Dec 2003
RT Ponting	5	140	2	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 2008
RT Ponting	6	123	1	Ind	Bengaluru	Oct 2008
RT Ponting	7	134	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2012
RT Ponting	8	221	1	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 2012
Player	No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
SPD Smith	1	162*	1	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2014
SPD Smith	2	133	2	Ind	Brisbane	Dec 2014
SPD Smith	3	192	1	Ind	Melbourne	Dec 2014
SPD Smith	4	117	1	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
SPD Smith	5	109	3	Ind	Pune	Feb 2017
SPD Smith	6	178*	1	Ind	Ranchi	Mar 2017
SPD Smith	7	111	1	Ind	Dharamsala	Mar 2017
SPD Smith	8	131	1	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

SPD Smith was dismissed run out for 131 in Australia’s first innings to provide the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out against India after scoring a century. The following table lists the four batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AR Border	162	1	Ind	Chennai	Sep 1979
2	DC Boon	135	3	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 1992
3	RT Ponting	125	1	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1999
4	SPD Smith	131	1	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

SPD Smith became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score eight centuries against India. Others are – GS Sobers {08}, IVA Richards {08} and RT Ponting {08}

Shubhman Gill and CA Pujara scored 50 runs in India’s first innings to provide the 42^nd and 43^rd occasions of Indian batsmen scoring exact 50 runs in an innings. It also provides the seventh and eighth occasion of Indian batsmen scoring exact 50 runs in an innings against Australia.

Shubhman Gill and CA Pujara scored 50 runs in India’s first innings to provide the first occasion of two Indian batsmen scoring exact 50 runs in the same innings. It also provides the 12^th such occasion of two batsmen scoring exact 50 runs in the same innings

Shubhman Gill and CA Pujara scored 50 runs in India’s first innings to provide the first occasion of two batsmen scoring exact 50 runs in the same innings batting at number two and three consecutive positions.

GH Vihari, R Ashwin and J Bumrah were dismissed run out in India’s innings to provide the 37th occasion of three or more batsmen dismissed run out in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fourth such occasion against Australia.

It also provides the seventh such occasion of three Indian batsmen dismissed run out in an innings and the first such occasion against Australia.

W Pucovski was caught by substitute wicketkeeper WP Saha in Australia’s second innings. He became the eighth batsman to be caught by a substitute wicketkeeper in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all the batsmen

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	M 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

JJ Bumrah was dismissed run out for a duck in India’s innings to provide the 35^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 21^st occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings on away soil.

It also provide the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings on away soil against Australia.