SPD Smith scored 178 not out in the first innings and CA Pujara scored 202 in the second  innings of the test at Ranchi to provide the second occasion of a batsman batting at number three scoring centuries in the first and second innings of a test in India-Australia test series.

The first such occasion was witnessed when RT Ponting scored 242 in the first innings and R Dravid scored 233 in the second innings of the test at Adelaide in Dec 2003. Both RT Ponting and R Dravid batted at number three.