NM Lyon has captured five or more wickets in an innings on four occasions against India. One more five wicket innings haul would give him five such occasions. He took five for 92 in India’s first innings to become seventh bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture five or more five wicket innings haul against India. Others are – M Muralitharan {07}, IT Botham {06}, Imran Khan {06}, MD Marshall {06}, R Benaud {05} and DW Steyn {05}

NM Lyon has captured five or more wickets in an innings on four occasions against India. One more five wicket innings haul would give him five such occasions. He took five for 92 in India’s first innings to become the second Australian bowler to capture five or more five wicket innings haul against India after R Benaud. R Benaud has captured five or more wickets in an innings on five occasions against India.

WP Saha has an aggregate of 982 runs in tests prior to the start of the test. He needed 18 more runs for his 1000 runs. He scored 31 runs in the first innings of this test to take his tally to 1013 runs. He became the 66^th Indian batsman to score 1000 plus runs  in tests.

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 67 wickets against Australia. Three more wickets would fetch him 70 wickets. He took four wickets in this test to take his tally of wickets to 71 against Australia. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 70 plus wickets against Australia. Others are – A Kumble {111}, Harbhajan Singh {95} and N Kapil Dev {79}

R Ashwin had an aggregate of 46 wickets against Australia at home. He needed four more wickets for his 50 wickets. He took four wickets in this test to take his tally of wickets to 50 against Australia at home. He become the third Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia at home. Other two are – Harbhajan Singh {86} and A Kumble {62}

R Ashwin had an aggregate of 46 wickets against Australia at home. He needed four more wickets for his 50 wickets. He took four wickets in this test to take his tally of wickets to 50 against Australia at home. He became the 17^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia at home. The following table lists all the eighteen bowlers

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	Ave	5	10
1	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	14	28	4672	2187	86	25.43	7	3
2	IT Botham	Eng	18	32	4251	2130	79	26.96	6	1
3	W Rhodes	Eng	21	32	3190	1405	67	20.97	3	0
4	JC Laker	Eng	11	21	2988	1126	64	17.59	4	2
5	CA Walsh	Win	13	24	3217	1400	63	22.22	2	0
6	A Kumble	Ind	10	20	3312	1517	62	24.46	6	1
7	SCJ Broad	Eng	15	27	2901	1587	61	26.01	5	1
8	AV Bedser	Eng	10	19	3238	1370	57	24.03	5	1
9	RGD Willis	Eng	11	21	2516	1200	56	21.42	4	0
10	DL Underwood	Eng	15	26	3810	1196	55	21.74	3	1
11	HMRKB Herath	Srl	08	14	2327	1087	54	20.12	5	1
12	RJ Hadlee	NZl	11	20	2726	1301	53	24.54	4	0
13	JA Snow	Eng	14	27	3268	1418	52	27.26	2	0
14	J Briggs	Eng	10	17	1915	0695	51	13.62	5	2
15	CEL Ambrose	Win	13	23	2941	1174	50	23.48	2	0
16	FS Trueman	Eng	11	20	2398	1202	50	24.04	4	1
17	R Ashwin	Ind	08	16	2800	1158	50	23.16	5	1

R Ashwin had an aggregate of 46 against Australia at home. He needed four more wickets for his 50 wickets. He took four wickets in this test to take his tally of wickets to 50 against Australia at home. He became the eighth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia at home. The following table lists all the eight bowlers

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	Ave	5	10
1	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	14	28	4672	2187	86	25.43	7	3
2	W Rhodes	Eng	21	32	3190	1405	67	20.97	3	0
3	JC Laker	Eng	11	21	2988	1126	64	17.59	4	2
4	A Kumble	Ind	10	20	3312	1517	62	24.46	6	1
5	DL Underwood	Eng	15	26	3810	1196	55	21.74	3	1
6	HMRKB Herath	Srl	08	14	2327	1087	54	20.12	5	1
7	J Briggs	Eng	10	17	1915	0695	51	13.62	5	2
8	R Ashwin	Ind	08	16	2800	1158	50	23.16	5	1