PJ Cummins and JR Hazzlewood wreck India – India dismissed for its lowest total in tests.
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 12th 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 23rd 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 22nd 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 44th 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 394th win and also its 43rd win against India. It also represents its eighth win in Pink Ball Tests. Australia is yet to lose a Pink Ball test.