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A Times of India {in India} report on yesterday’s match between Australia and India at Adelaide says that India posted its highest and lowest total in test innings on Dec 19. This information is carried in almost all the newspapers and also on social media in the country.

This is wrong and erroneous reporting. India posted its highest total of 759 for 7 declared against England at Chennai in the test which had a start date of 16 Dec 2016. India started its batting on the second day of the test and its score was 60 for no loss at the end of the second day {17 Dec 2016}. India batted the entire third day and took its score to 391 for 4 at the end of the third day {18 Dec 2016}. India declared its innings closed on the fourth day at 759 for 7 {19 Dec 2016}.

Thus to say, that India posted its highest total of 759 for 7 declared on 19 Dec 2016 is absolutely wrong and erroneous because India batted for three days to post 759 runs.

Let us not forget the nomenclature of tests are done on start date, while for one day and Twenty20 Internationals it is match date. If a one day is played for two days, that game will have a start date. This nomenclature is an accepted practice as of now. Let us not deviate from the accepted practice to create something unusual, because the present generation of youngsters and  cricket enthusiasts are mislead.

First Test Australia Vs India Pink Test at Adelaide – Third day

India lost its six wickets for 19 in its second innings to provide the eighth occasion of a team losing six wickets for 19 or less than 19 runs in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W/R	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	6/19	3	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
2	6/18	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 1888
3	6/18	4	Srl	NZl	Kandy	09 Mar 1984
4	6/18	3	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
5	6/18	1	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
6	6/17	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	28 Jan 1887
7	6/11	4	Aus	Eng	The Oval	10 Aug 1896
8	6/07	3	Aus	Eng	Manchester	30 Aug 1888

India lost its six wickets for 19 in its second innings to provide the second occasion of a team losing six wickets for 19 or less than 19 runs in the annals of test cricket against Australia. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	W/R	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	6/19	3	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
2	6/17	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	28 Jan 1887

Thus it took 132 years and eleven months for Australia to capture six wickets for 19 or less than 19 runs.

JR Hazzlewood captured five wickets conceding eight runs in India’s second innings to provide the 12^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings conceding single digit runs {one to nine}. All such occasions  are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Lohmann	8-7	4	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
2	AER Gilligan	6-7	2	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
3	H Ironmonger	5-6	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
4	ERH Toshack	5-2	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
5	TBA May	5-9	3	Aus	Win	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
6	JJC Lawson	6-3	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002
7	MJ Clarke	6-9	3	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
8	VD Philander	5-7	1	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
9	DW Steyn	6-8	2	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	01 Feb 2013
10	KAJ Roach	5-8	1	Win	Ban	N Sound	04 Jul 2018
11	JJ Bumrah	5-7	4	Ind	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
12	JR Hazlewood	5-8	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

JR Hazzlewood captured five wickets conceding eight runs in India’s second innings to provide the fifth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings conceding single digit runs {one to nine}. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Ironmonger	5-6	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
2	ERH Toshack	5-2	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
3	TBA May	5-9	3	Aus	Win	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
4	MJ Clarke	6-9	3	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
5	JR Hazlewood	5-8	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

JR Hazzlewood captured five wickets conceding eight runs in India’s second innings to provide the third occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against India conceding single digit runs {one to nine}. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ERH Toshack	5-2	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
2	MJ Clarke	6-9	3	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
3	JR Hazlewood	5-8	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

India was dismissed for 36 in its second innings to provide the 23^rd occasion of a team dismissed for a total less than 50 in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	45	1	Aus	Sydney	28 Jan 1887
2	Aus	42	2	Eng	Sydney	10 Feb 1888
3	SAF	47	2	Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
4	SAF	43	3	Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
5	SAF	30	4	Eng	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
6	Aus	44	4	Eng	The Oval	10 Aug 1896
7	SAF	35	4	Eng	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899
8	Aus	36	2	Eng	Birmingham	29 May 1902
9	SAF	30	2	Eng	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
10	SAF	36	1	Aus	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
11	SAF	45	3	Aus	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
12	NZl	42	1	Aus	Wellington	29 Mar 1946
13	NZl	26	3	Eng	Auckland	25 Mar 1955
14	NZl	47	2	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1958
15	Ind	42	3	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
16	Eng	46	4	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994
17	Win	47	3	Eng	Kingston	11 Mar 2004
18	Aus	47	3	SAF	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
19	NZl	45	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
20	Pak	49	2	SAF	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013
21	Ban	43	1	Win	North Sound	04 Jul 2018
22	Ire	38	4	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 2019
23	Ind	36	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

India was dismissed for 36 in its second innings to provide the fifth occasion of a team dismissed for a total less than 50 in the annals of test cricket by Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	45	1	Aus	Sydney	28 Jan 1887
2	SAF	36	1	Aus	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
3	SAF	45	3	Aus	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
4	NZl	42	1	Aus	Wellington	29 Mar 1946
5	Ind	36	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

India was dismissed for 36 in its second innings to provide the second occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 50 in the annals of test cricket by Australia. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	42	3	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
2	Ind	36	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

In India’s second innings, no batsman reached double figures providing the second such occasion in the annals of test cricket. The first such occasion was witnessed when all the eleven batsman of South Africa scored single digit runs in the second innings of the test against England at Birmingham in Jun 1924

No	Team	Score	Num	I	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	SAF	30	11	2	Eng	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
2	Ind	36	11	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

Indian second innings contained three ducks to provide the 22^nd occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring ducks in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 14th occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring ducks in a test innings against Australia

TM Paine of Australia scored 73 not out as a wicket keeper batsman and effected five dismissals – all caught – to provide the 44^th occasion of a wicket keeper scoring a fifty in an innings or in both innings and effecting five or more dismissals in an innings or in both innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Scores	Ct+St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	DT Lindsay	69+182	6+0	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec 66
2	Wasim Bari	63	5+0	Pak	Eng	Leeds	Jul 71
3	RW Marsh	91	5+0	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jun 72
4	RW Marsh	56	5+0	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec 75
5	SMH Kirmani	66	5+0	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 83
6	SAR Silva	111	5+0	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	Sep 85
7	RC Russell	55	5+0	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 90
8	IA Healy	58	5+0	Aus	Pak	Rawalpindi	Oct 94
9	IA Healy	70	5+0	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	Jan 96
10	MV Boucher	52	6+0	SAF	Pak	P Elizabeth	Mar 98
11	AJ Stewart	56	5+0	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 98
12	AC Gilchrist	75	10+0	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 00
13	MV Boucher	63	5+0	SAF	Srl	Centurion	Nov 02
14	AC Gilchrist	80	5+0	Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul 04
15	MV Boucher	63	5+0	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Mar 06
16	AC Gilchrist	62	5+0	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 07
17	BB McCullum	51	5+0	NZl	Eng	Hamilton	Mar 08
18	MS Dhoni	52+56*	6+0	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr 09
19	D Ramdin	54	5+0	Win	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 09
20	BB McCullum	89	5+0	NZl	Pak	Napier	Dec 09
21	MV Boucher	638	5+0	SAF	Eng	Centurion	Dec 09
22	MJ Prior	85	6+0	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 10
23	MJ Prior	118	5+0	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 11
24	MV Boucher	65	6+0	SAF	Srl	Centurion	Dec 11
25	MJ Prior	73	5+1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Aug 12
26	de Villiers	103*	11+0	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	Feb 13
27	MJ Prior	73+110*	5+0	Eng	NZl	Auckland	Mar 13
28	BJ Haddin	65*	5+0	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Aug 13
29	de Villiers	74	5+0	SAF	Ind	Durban	Dec 13
30	BJ Watling	124	5+0	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14
31	BJ Watling	89	5+0	NZl	Win	Kingston	Jun 14
32	Q de Kock	51	5+0	SAF	Srl	Galle	Jul 14
33	JC Buttler	59*	5+0	Eng	Win	N Sound	Apr 15
34	JM Bairstow	140	5+0	Eng	Srl	Leeds	May 16
35	Q de Kock	82+50	5+0	SAF	NZl	Centurion	Aug 16
36	Q de Kock	90	5+0	SAF	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 17
37	JM Bairstow	101	5+0	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	Mar 18
38	JM Bairstow	70	5+0	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	Aug 18
39	S Ahmed	50	10+0	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 19
40	BJ Watling	105*	5+0	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 19
41	TD Paine	79	5+0	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	Dec 19
42	Q de Kock	95	6+0	SAF	Eng	Centurion	Dec 19
43	Q de Kock	50	5+0	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 20
44	TD Paine	73*	5+0	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 20

It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings or in both innings and effecting five or more dismissals in an innings or in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Ct	St	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RW Marsh	–	91	5	0	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1972
2	RW Marsh	56	–	5	0	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975
3	IA Healy	58	–	5	0	Pak	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
4	IA Healy	70	–	5	0	Srl	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996
5	AC Gilchrist	75	–	10	0	NZl	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000
6	AC Gilchrist	–	80	5	0	Srl	Darwin	01 Jul 2004
7	AC Gilchrist	62	–	5	0	Eng	Sydney	02 Jan 2007
8	BJ Haddin	65*	–	5	0	Eng	Manchester	01 Aug 2013
9	TD Paine	79	–	5	0	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019
10	TD Paine	73*	–	5	0	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

It also provides the fifth occasion of a wicket keeper against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Ct	St	Team	Ground	Start Date
1	SAR Silva	111	–	5	0	Srl	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
2	AB de Villiers	74	–	5	0	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2013
3	BJ Watling	–	124	5	0	NZl	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
4	JM Bairstow	70	–	5	0	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
5	TD Paine	73*	–	5	0	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

Australia won this test by eight wickets to post its 394^th win and also its 43^rd win against India. It also represents its eighth win in Pink Ball Tests. Australia is yet to lose a Pink Ball test.

First Test Australia Vs India Pink Test at Adelaide – Second Day

MA Starc retuned with four for 53 in this test to provide the seventh occasion of his capturing four or more wickets in an innings of a Pink Ball Test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W-R	I	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	4-088	3	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	4-119	4	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
3	5-088	4	Eng	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
4	6-066	2	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
5	5-052	2	NZl	Perth	12 Dec 2019
6	4-045	4	NZl	Perth	12 Dec 2019
7	4-053	1	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

He remains the only bowler to capture four wickets in an innings on seven occasions in Pink Ball tests.

TM Paine scored 73 not out in this test to provide the eighth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings of a Pink Ball Test. It also provides his second fifty in a Pink Ball Test. Prior to this he had scored 57 against England in Dec 2017. TM Paine became the third wicketkeeper batsman to score fifties on two occasions after N Dickwella and Sarfraz Ahmed. The following table lists the performance of these three wicketkeeper batsmen.

No	No	Player	R	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	N Dickwella	52	1	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	Oct 2017
	2	N Dickwella	64	1	Srl	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2019
2	1	TD Paine	57	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2017
	2	TD Paine	73*	2	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2020
3	1	S Ahmed	59*	2	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 2016
	2	S Ahmed	68	4	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	Oct 2017

TM Paine scored 73 not out in this test to provide the 16th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in an innings of a Pink Ball Test.

V Kohli scored  74 and TM Paine scored 73 not out test in the first and second innings of this test to provide the second occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the first and second innings of a Pink Ball Test. It also provides the fifth occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a Pink Ball Test.

TM Paine scored 73 not out in this test to provide the second occasion of a captain wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings of a Pink Ball Test. Prior to this Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan had scored 68 against Sri Lanka at Dub-DSC in Oct 2017

No	No	Player	R	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	*+	TD Paine	73*	2	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2020
2	*+	S Ahmed	68	4	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	Oct 2017

R Ashwin captured four for 55 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 40^th occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in an innings in the Pink Ball Test. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in the Pink Ball test

No	Player	W-R	I	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	I Sharma	5-22	1	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
2	I Sharma	4-56	3	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
3	UT Yadav	5-53	3	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
4	R Ashwin	4-55	2	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

It also provides the tenth occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in a Pink Ball Test against Australia and the fourth such occasion in a Pink Ball Test at Adelaide.

It also provides the tenth occasion of a spin bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in a Pink Ball Test and also the first occasion of a spin bowler capturing four or more wickets  in a Pink Ball Test against Australia

R Ashwin’s four wicket haul in this test fetched him an aggregate of 81 wickets against Australia. He became the third Indian bowler to capture 80 plus wickets against Australia. Others are A Kumble {111} and Harbhajan Singh {95}

R Ashwin and UT Yadav joined the list of Indian bowlers who have captured an aggregate of 30 plus wickets against Australia in Australia. The following table lists the eight bowlers.

No	Player	Mat	Ins	Balls	Runs	W	F	T
1	N Kapil Dev	11	21	3137	1254	51	5	0
2	A Kumble	10	18	3204	1849	49	4	1
3	BS Bedi	07	14	2391	0963	35	3	1
4	R Ashwin	08	13	2667	1353	31	0	0
5	Mohd Shami	08	15	1681	0997	31	2	0
6	EAS Prasanna	08	15	2561	0965	31	2	0
7	I Sharma	13	23	2727	1505	31	0	0
8	UT Yadav	09	15	1738	1278	30	1	0

R Ashwin became the fourth Indian spin bowler to capture 30 plus wickets against Australia in Australia.

No	Player	Mat	Ins	Balls	Runs	W	F	T
1	A Kumble	10	18	3204	1849	49	4	1
2	BS Bedi	07	14	2391	0963	35	3	1
3	R Ashwin	08	13	2667	1353	31	0	0
4	EAS Prasanna	08	15	2561	0965	31	2	0

MS Wade and JA Burns opened Australia’s innings to provide the 245th opening pair for Australia. They also became the 44th Australia’s opening pair against India and also became the Australia’s sixth opening pair in Pink Ball Tests.

MS Wade opened for the first time in his test career. This was his 33^rd test and his 56th innings.

Australia capped C Green for this test. He became the 459^th cricketer to represent Australia in tests and also became the 53^rd cricketer to make his test debut against India.

Australia capped C Green for this test. He became the 294th cricketer to represent Australia in tests on home soil and also became the 36th cricketer to make his test debut against India on home soil.

Australia capped C Green for this test. He became the 48th cricketer to represent Australia in tests at Adelaide and also became the 12th cricketer to make his test debut against India at Adelaide.

V Kohli pouched two catches in Australia’s first innings in this test which fetched him 20 catches against Australia. He became the fifth Indian fieldsman – other than the wicket keepers – to pouch 20 plus catches against Australia. Others are – R Dravid {46}, VVS Laxman {33}, SR Tendulkar {23} and V Sehwag {22}

V Kohli pouched two catches in Australia’s first innings in this test which fetched him 55 catches while leading India. He is one of the two Indian captains who have pouched 50 plus catches in tests after M Azharuddin. M Azharuddin has pouched 50 catches.

V Kohli pouched two catches in Australia’s first innings in this test which fetched him eleven catches against Australia while leading India. He now owns the record for most catches by an Indian captain against Australia. He went past M Azharuddin who has pouched nine catches against Australia while leading India.

V Kohli’s knock of 74 in India’s first innings contained eight boundary fours which fetched him 150 boundary fours against Australia on away soil. He became the third Indian batsman to score 150 boundary fours against Australia on away soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {209} and V Sehwag {165}

V Kohli’s knock of 74 in India’s first innings fetched him an aggregate of 5216 runs while leading India. He now occupies the fifth place in the list of captains who have scored most runs. Other captains to score more than V Kohli are – GC Smith {8659}, AR Border {6623}, RT Ponting {6542} and CH Lloyd {5233}. V Kohli went past SP Fleming’s aggregate of 5156 runs on his way to the fifth place.

First Test Australia Vs India Pink Test at Adelaide – First Day

This test provides the 16^th Pink Ball Test in the annals of Test Cricket. It also provides the eighth Pink Ball Test for Australia and the second Pink Ball Test for India.

PP Shaw was dismissed for a duck in this test to provide the tenth occasion of an opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a Pink Ball Test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	D Elgar	0	3	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	KC Brathwaite	0	2	Win	Eng	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
3	H Masakadza	0	2	Zim	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2017
4	MDKJ Perera	0	2	Srl	Win	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
5	DS Smith	0	3	Win	Srl	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
6	ML Udawatte	0	4	Srl	Win	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
7	Shadman Islam	0	3	Ban	Ind	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
8	Imam-ul-Haq	0	3	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
9	TWM Latham	0	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	12 Dec 2019
10	PP Shaw	0	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

It also provides the first occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed without scoring in a Pink Ball Test.

It also provides the first occasion of an opening batsman dismissed without scoring in the first innings of a Pink Ball Test.

It also provides the fourth occasion of an opening batsman dismissed without scoring in the Pink Ball Test against Australia

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	D Elgar	0	3	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	Imam-ul-Haq	0	3	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
3	TWM Latham	0	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	12 Dec 2019
4	PP Shaw	0	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

PP Shaw became the second opening batsman to be dismissed by the second ball of the innings for a duck in a Pink Ball test after TWM Latham of New Zealand.  TWM Latham was dismissed by the second ball of the innings for a duck against Australia at Perth in Dec 2019.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	TWM Latham	0	2	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	12 Dec 2019
2	PP Shaw	0	2	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

India lost its first wicket without a run on the board in this test to provide the fifth occasion of a team losing its first wicket without a run on the board in an innings in a pink test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W/R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1/0	2	Win	Eng	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
2	1/0	2	Zim	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2017
3	1/0	2	Srl	Win	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
4	1/0	3	Ban	Ind	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
5	1/0	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli scored 74 in this test to provide the 15^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in a Pink Ball Test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	53	2	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	27 Nov 2015
2	F du Plessis	118*	1	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
3	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
4	SPD Smith	130	1	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
5	SPD Smith	63	3	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
6	JE Root	136	1	Eng	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
7	LD Chandimal	62	1	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	06 Oct 2017
8	Sarfaraz Ahmed	68	4	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	06 Oct 2017
9	JE Root	67	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
10	AB de Villiers	53	1	SAF	Zim	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2017
11	KS Williamson	102	2	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
12	JE Root	51	3	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
13	JO Holder	74	1	Win	Srl	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
14	V Kohli	136	2	Ind	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
15	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the third captain to score fifty on two or more occasions in a Pink Ball Test after SPD Smith and JE Root. SPD Smith has scored fifties on four occasions, while JE Root has scored on three occasions.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	53	2	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	27 Nov 2015
2	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
3	SPD Smith	130	1	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
4	SPD Smith	63	3	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
1	JE Root	136	1	Eng	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
2	JE Root	67	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
3	JE Root	51	3	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
1	V Kohli	136	2	Ind	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
2	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the third captain to score a fifty against Australia in a Pink Ball Test after F du Plessis and JE Root.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	F du Plessis	118*	1	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	JE Root	67	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
3	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the second captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a Pink Ball Test after SPD Smith of Australia. SPD Smith was dismissed run out for 59 against South Africa at Adelaide in Nov 2016.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the second captain to be dismissed run out in a Pink Ball Test after SPD Smith of Australia. SPD Smith was dismissed run out for 59 against South Africa at Adelaide in Nov 2016.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the fifteenth batsman to be dismissed run out in a Pink Ball Test. He also became the fourth batsman to be dismissed run out in a Pink Ball Test against Australia

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Rahat Ali	4	2	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
2	Yasir Shah	33	4	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
3	Mohd Abbas	1	3	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
4	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli’s run out for 74 in this game provides the 40^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against Australia. It also provides the second occasion of his run out against Australia. Prior to this he was dismissed run out for 22 against Australia at Adelaide in Nov 2012. He became the seventh Indian batsman to be dismissed run out on two or more occasions in a test innings against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {03}, SC Ganguly {03}, SMH Kirmani {02}, CA Pujara {02}, S Ramesh {02} and S Venkataraghavan {02}.

V Kohli’s run out for 74 in this game provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings after scoring a fifty against Australia.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dravid	180	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	CA Pujara	123	1	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
3	V Subramanya	75	4	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
4	V Kohli	74	1	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
5	M Kaif	64	2	Aus	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
6	NS Sidhu	62	1	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998

V Kohli’s 74 in this game represent his tenth fifty against Australia in Australia.  He became the second Indian batsman to score ten or more fifties against Australia in Australia after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored 13 fifties.

V Kohli’s 74 in this game represent his tenth fifty against Australia in Australia.  He became the 16th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score ten or more fifties against Australia in Australia

V Kohli’s 74 in this game represent his sixth fifty against Australia in Australia while captaining India.  He became the third captain in the annals of test cricket to score six or more fifties against Australia in Australia. Others are – CH Lloyd of West Indies {11} and AC Maclaren of England {06}

V Kohli’s 74 in this game represent his sixth fifty against Australia while captaining India.  He became the third Indian captain in the annals of test cricket to score six or more fifties against Australia. Others are – MAK Pataudi {09} and MS Dhoni {06}

V Kohli’s 74 in this game provide the 50^th fifty of his test career. He became the 55^th batsman in the history of test cricket to score 50 fifties and also the eighth Indian batsman to achieve the feat.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	SR Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	51	68	119
2	R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	36	63	99
3	SM Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	34	45	79
4	VVS Laxman	134	225	34	08781	17	56	73
5	V Sehwag	103	178	06	08503	23	31	54
6	DB Vengsarkar	116	185	22	06868	17	35	52
7	SC Ganguly	113	188	17	07212	16	35	51
8	V Kohli	087	146	10	07314	27	23	50

PP Shaw was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 23rd occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia in Australia.

PP Shaw was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia at Adelaide. Others are MH Mankad in Jan 1948, DJ Gandhi in Dec 1999 and IK Pathan in Jan 2008

India lost its first wicket without a run on the board to provide the 20^th such occasion against Australia in a test innings. It also provides the 12^th such occasion against Australia in Australia and also the third such occasion in a test at Adelaide.

V Kohli’s run aggregate against Australia at Adelaide read 505 at the end of India’s first innings. He became the fourth batsman to total 500 plus runs in tests at Adelaide against Australia. Others are – BC Lara {610}, JB Hobbs {601} and IVA Richards {552}.