India posts its 29th win against Australia and its eighth win against Australia in Australia
Fourth day Australia Vs India Melbourne
Aus was 133 for 6 at the end of the third day was dismissed for 200 in the last over before Lunch. Aus added 67 runs.
Australia was dismissed all out for a total of exact 200 runs in the third innings of the test to provide the eighth occasion of a team dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
No | Team | Score | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | Pak | 200 | 3 | Eng | Lahore | 21 Oct 1961 |
2 | NZl | 200 | 3 | Pak | Dhaka | 08 Nov 1969 |
3 | NZl | 200 | 3 | Aus | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1973 |
4 | Aus | 200 | 3 | Win | St John’s | 07 Apr 1984 |
5 | Srl | 200 | 3 | Pak | Sialkot | 27 Oct 1985 |
6 | Zim | 200 | 3 | Pak | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1996 |
7 | Ind | 200 | 3 | SAF | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
8 | Aus | 200 | 3 | Ind | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 |
It also provides the second occasion of Australia dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in the third innings of a test. Prior to this Australia was dismissed for an exact 200 runs in the third innings of a test against West Indies at St John’s in Apr 1984. Both such occasions are tabulated below
No | Team | Score | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | Aus | 200 | 3 | Win | St John’s | 07 Apr 1984 |
2 | Aus | 200 | 3 | Ind | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 |
Australia was dismissed all out for a total of exact 200 runs in the third innings of the test to provide the first occasion of a team dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in a test innings against India.
R Ashwin’s two wickets in Australia’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 375 test wickets. He now stands fourth in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets. Others are – A Kumble {619}, N Kapil Dev {434} and Harbhajan Singh {417}
He now stands third in the list of Indian spin bowlers who have captured most wickets. Others are – A Kumble {619} and Harbhajan Singh {417}
The following table lists the seven spin bowlers who have an aggregate of 375 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket. R Ashwin joined this elite list as the seventh bowler
No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts |
1 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 133 | 230 | 44039 | 18180 | 800 |
2 | SK Warne | Aus | 145 | 273 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 |
3 | A Kumble | Ind | 132 | 236 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 |
4 | HMRKB Herath | Srl | 093 | 170 | 25993 | 12157 | 433 |
5 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | 103 | 190 | 28580 | 13537 | 417 |
6 | NM Lyon | Aus | 098 | 186 | 24857 | 12460 | 394 |
7 | R Ashwin | Ind | 073 | 136 | 20097 | 9459 | 375 |
R Ashwin became the 20th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 375 plus wickets.
India won this test by eight wickets to carve its 29th win against Australia. All such wins are tabulated below
No | Team | Result | Margin | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | India | won | 119 runs | Aus | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 |
2 | India | won | 2 wkts | Aus | Mumbai (BS) | 10 Oct 1964 |
3 | India | won | 7 wkts | Aus | Delhi | 28 Nov 1969 |
4 | India | won | 222 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 |
5 | India | won | inns & 2 runs | Aus | Sydney | 07 Jan 1978 |
6 | India | won | 153 runs | Aus | Kanpur | 02 Oct 1979 |
7 | India | won | inns & 100 runs | Aus | Mumbai | 03 Nov 1979 |
8 | India | won | 59 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 |
9 | India | won | 7 wkts | Aus | Delhi | 10 Oct 1996 |
10 | India | won | 179 runs | Aus | Chennai | 06 Mar 1998 |
11 | India | won | inns & 219 runs | Aus | Kolkata | 18 Mar 1998 |
12 | India | won | 171 runs | Aus | Kolkata | 11 Mar 2001 |
13 | India | won | 2 wkts | Aus | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 |
14 | India | won | 4 wkts | Aus | Adelaide | 12 Dec 2003 |
15 | India | won | 13 runs | Aus | Mumbai | 03 Nov 2004 |
16 | India | won | 72 runs | Aus | Perth | 16 Jan 2008 |
17 | India | won | 320 runs | Aus | Mohali | 17 Oct 2008 |
18 | India | won | 172 runs | Aus | Nagpur | 06 Nov 2008 |
19 | India | won | 1 wkts | Aus | Mohali | 01 Oct 2010 |
20 | India | won | 7 wkts | Aus | Bengaluru | 09 Oct 2010 |
21 | India | won | 8 wkts | Aus | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 |
22 | India | won | inns & 135 runs | Aus | Hyd-RGS | 02 Mar 2013 |
23 | India | won | 6 wkts | Aus | Mohali | 14 Mar 2013 |
24 | India | won | 6 wkts | Aus | Delhi | 22 Mar 2013 |
25 | India | won | 75 runs | Aus | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2017 |
26 | India | won | 8 wkts | Aus | Dharamsala | 25 Mar 2017 |
27 | India | won | 31 runs | Aus | Adelaide | 06 Dec 2018 |
28 | India | won | 137 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2018 |
29 | India | won | 8 wkts | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 |
India won this test by eight wickets to carve its eighth win against Australia in Australia. All such wins are tabulated below
No | Team | Result | Margin | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | India | won | 222 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 |
2 | India | won | inns & 2 runs | Aus | Sydney | 07 Jan 1978 |
3 | India | won | 59 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 |
4 | India | won | 4 wkts | Aus | Adelaide | 12 Dec 2003 |
5 | India | won | 72 runs | Aus | Perth | 16 Jan 2008 |
6 | India | won | 31 runs | Aus | Adelaide | 06 Dec 2018 |
7 | India | won | 137 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2018 |
8 | India | won | 8 wkts | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 |
India won this test by eight wickets to carve its fourth win against Australia at Melbourne. All such wins are tabulated below
No | Team | Result | Margin | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | India | won | 222 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 |
2 | India | won | 59 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 |
3 | India | won | 137 runs | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2018 |
4 | India | won | 8 wkts | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 |
India has won nine tests when AM Rahane has scored centuries. The following table lists the centuries scored by AM Rahane
No | Runs | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date | Res |
1 | 103 | 1 | Eng | Lord’s | 17 Jul 2014 | Won |
2 | 126 | 3 | Srl | Col-PSS | 20 Aug 2015 | Won |
3 | 127 | 1 | SAF | Delhi | 03 Dec 2015 | Won |
4 | 100* | 3 | SAF | Delhi | 03 Dec 2015 | Won |
5 | 188 | 1 | NZl | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 | Won |
6 | 132 | 1 | Srl | Col-SSC | 03 Aug 2017 | Won |
7 | 102 | 3 | Win | N Sound | 22 Aug 2019 | Won |
8 | 115 | 1 | SAF | Ranchi | 19 Oct 2019 | Won |
9 | 112 | 2 | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 | Won |
India has drawn three tests when AM Rahane has scored centuries. The following table lists the centuries scored by AM Rahane
No | Runs | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date | Res |
1 | 118 | 2 | NZl | Wellington | 14 Feb 2014 | Draw |
2 | 147 | 2 | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2014 | Draw |
3 | 108* | 2 | Win | Kingston | 30 Jul 2015 | Draw |
AM Rahane has scored 12 centuries in his test career upto the end of this test. India has won nine tests in which AM Rahane has scored centuries and three tests have ended in draw when AM Rahane scored centuries. Thus India is yet to lose a test when AM Rahane has scored a century.
Australia lost this test by eight wickets to provide its 100th loss on home soil. Australia became the second team in the annals of test cricket to lose 100 plus tests on home soil after England. England has lost 123 tests.
Melbourne test was the 100th test between India and Australia. India has won 29 tests, Australia has lost 43 tests, one test was tied and 27 tests have ended in draw.
AM Rahane completed 1000 runs against Australia when he was on 24 during his knock of 27 not out in India’s second innings. At the end of the test, his run aggregate against Australia read 1003. He became the 12th Indian batsman to achieve such a feat. The following table lists all these twelve batsmen.
No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS |
1 | SR Tendulkar | 39 | 74 | 8 | 3630 | 241* |
2 | VVS Laxman | 29 | 54 | 5 | 2434 | 281 |
3 | R Dravid | 32 | 60 | 6 | 2143 | 233 |
4 | V Sehwag | 22 | 43 | 1 | 1738 | 195 |
5 | CA Pujara | 18 | 33 | 2 | 1685 | 204 |
6 | V Kohli | 20 | 36 | 1 | 1682 | 169 |
7 | SM Gavaskar | 20 | 31 | 1 | 1550 | 172 |
8 | GR Viswanath | 18 | 31 | 2 | 1538 | 161* |
9 | SC Ganguly | 24 | 44 | 4 | 1403 | 144 |
10 | M Vijay | 15 | 28 | 0 | 1324 | 167 |
11 | DB Vengsarkar | 24 | 38 | 4 | 1304 | 164* |
12 | AM Rahane | 15 | 28 | 3 | 1003 | 147 |