Third Day Second Test Australia vs India at Melbourne

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 112 in India’s first innings to provide the 16^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	VM Merchant	128	1	Eng	The Oval	17 Aug 1946
2	VS Hazare	155	1	Eng	Mumbai (BS)	14 Dec 1951
3	PR Umrigar	108	2	Pak	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955
4	AA Baig	112	4	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
5	SM Gavaskar	101	2	Eng	Manchester	06 Jun 1974
6	GR Viswanath	112	4	Win	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976
7	SV Manjrekar	218	1	Pak	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
8	M Azharuddin	115	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
9	NS Sidhu	131	2	Srl	Mohali	19 Nov 1997
10	R Dravid	180	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
11	R Dravid	217	2	Eng	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
12	VVS Laxman	140	2	Zim	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
13	R Dravid	103	2	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
14	R Dravid	144	1	Srl	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
15	CA Pujara	123	1	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
16	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century on away soil.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	VM Merchant	128	1	Eng	The Oval	17 Aug 1946
2	PR Umrigar	108	2	Pak	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955
3	AA Baig	112	4	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
4	SM Gavaskar	101	2	Eng	Manchester	06 Jun 1974
5	GR Viswanath	112	4	Win	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976
6	SV Manjrekar	218	1	Pak	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
7	M Azharuddin	115	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
8	R Dravid	217	2	Eng	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
9	VVS Laxman	140	2	Zim	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
10	R Dravid	103	2	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
11	CA Pujara	123	1	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
12	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 112 in India’s first innings to provide the third occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century against Australia. R Dravid and CA Pujara are the other two batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dravid	180	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	CA Pujara	123	1	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
3	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out for a score of 112 in a test innings. AA Baig and GR Viswanath are the other two batsmen.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Baig	112	4	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
2	GR Viswanath	112	4	Win	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976
3	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 112 in India’s first innings to provide the third occasion of an Indian captain dismissed run out after scoring a century. VS Hazare and R Dravid are the other two captains. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	155	1	Eng	Mumbai (BS)	14 Dec 1951
2	R Dravid	103	2	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
3	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane became the 12^th captain in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed run out after scoring a century. He also became the first captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a century against Australia. The following table lists all these twelve captains.

No	Player	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
2	VS Hazare	1	Ind	Eng	Mum-BS	14 Dec 1951
3	DJ McGlew	2	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg	02 Feb 1962
4	Mushtaq Mohd	1	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	23 Oct 1976
5	Imran Khan	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
6	GA Gooch	3	Eng	NZl	Auckland	30 Jan 1992
7	MA Atherton	1	Eng	Win	Nottingham	10 Aug 1995
8	S Chanderpaul	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
9	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1	Pak	Eng	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
10	R Dravid	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
11	AN Cook	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
12	AM Rahane	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

KS Williamson of New Zealand and AM Rahane of India joined the elite list of captains who have scored centuries in tests starting on 26 December in various years. The following table lists the fourteen captains who have accomplished such a feat. KS Williamson scored 129 against Pakistan, while AM Rahane scored 112 against Australia.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Year
1	WM Lawry	205	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	1968
2	CH Lloyd	102	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	1975
3	AR Border	163	3	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1985
4	DB Vengsarkar	102*	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	1987
5	AR Border	110	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	1992
6	M Azharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	1998
7	AJ Stewart	107	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1998
8	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1999
9	N Hussain	146*	1	Eng	SAF	Durban	1999
10	SR Waugh	121*	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	2000
11	SPD Smith	165*	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	2016
12	SPD Smith	102*	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	2017
13	KS Williamson	129	1	NZl	Pak	Mt Maunganui	2020
14	AM Rahane	112	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	2020

AM Rahane became the fourth Indian captain to score a century in a test which has a start date of 26 December. The following table lists all these four captains.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Year
1	DB Vengsarkar	102*	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	1987
2	M Azharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	1998
3	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1999
4	AM Rahane	112	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	2020

RA Jadeja celebrated his 50^th test appearance by scoring 57 in the first innings of this test. He also stitched a partnership of 121 runs with his skipper AM Rahane for the sixth wicket.

His 57 in India’s first innings represent his 15^th half century and also his 16^th fifty. His run aggregate read 1926 at the end of first innings.

TM Paine effected his 150^th dismissal when he caught RR Pant off MA Starc. Breakup of his 150 dismissal read thus 147^th catch plus 07 stumping dismissals. It also provides his 31^st dismissal against India – all catches.

N Lyon’s aggregate of wickets at the end of Indian innings read 394 which includes his 3 for 72 in India’s first innings. He has also captured 195 wickets on home soil.

N Lyon’s aggregate of wickets at the end of Indian innings read 89 against India which includes his 3 for 72 in India’s first innings. He has also captured 55 wickets on home soil against India.

AM Rahane’s catch to dismiss M Labuschagne off R Ashwin fetched him an aggregate of 85 catches in tests. He now stands seventh in the list of Indian fieldsmen other than the wicket keepers who have pouched most catches. Others are – R Dravid {209}, VVS Laxman {135}, SR Tendulkar {115}, SM Gavaskar {108}, Azharuddin {105} and V Sehwag {90}. AM Rahane went past V Kohli who had an aggregate of 84 catches on his way to occupy the seventh place.

RA Jadeja captured two wickets in Australia’s second innings which fetched him an aggregate of 216 wickets and 59 wickets on away soil. Jadeja has an aggregate of 59 wickets against Australia of which ten wickets are on Australian soil

R Ashwin’s lone wicket in Australia’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 374 wickets and 120 wickets on away soil. R Ashwin has an aggregate of 86 wickets against Australia of which 36 wickets are on Australian soil