Second Test Australia vs India at Melbourne – First Day

India capped Mohammad Siraj and Shubman Gill for this test. They became the 296^th and 297^th cricketers to represent India in Tests. They also became the 46^th and 47^th Indian cricketers to make their test debut against Australia and also became the 20^th and 21^st Indian cricketers to make their test debut against Australia in Australia. They also became the 133^rd and 134^th Indian cricketers to make their test debut on away soil

JA Burns of Australia scored duck in this game to provide the 199th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings. It also provides the 22nd occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings against India.

JA Burns of Australia scored duck in this game to provide the 99^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings on home soil. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings against India on home soil.

JA Burns had also scored a duck in the Boxing Day test at Melbourne against New Zealand. The following opening batsmen have scored ducks at Melbourne test starting on 26 December in various years

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WJ Edwards	0	6	4	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974
2	GM Wood	0	2	1	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980
3	ML Hayden	0	5	3	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996
4	DA Warner	0	6	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
5	JA Burns	0	1	1	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019
6	JA Burns	0	10	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

The following ten Australian opening batsmen have scored ducks in home tests after facing ten or more deliveries. JA Burns joined this list to become the tenth batsman. He score duck in Australia’s first innings facing ten deliveries. JA Burns became the first Australian batsman to score a duck at home against India after facing ten or more deliveries.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Jones	0	20	2	Eng	Sydney	10 Feb 1888
2	WM Woodfull	0	19	3	Eng	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
3	WM Lawry	0	17	2	Eng	Perth	11 Dec 1970
4	DC Boon	0	17	4	Win	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
5	MTG Elliott	0	15	1	Win	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996
6	JHW Fingleton	0	14	4	Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
7	DC Boon	0	11	3	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
8	AR Morris	0	10	3	Eng	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950
9	PJ Hughes	0	10	1	Pak	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
10	JA Burns	0	10	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith failed to score in Australia’s first innings to provide his fifth duck in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides his first duck against India in a test innings.

No	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	0	3	Eng	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
2	0	4	SAF	P Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
3	0	2	Pak	A Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
4	0	2	SAF	Perth	03 Nov 2016
5	0	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Mohammad Siraj’s first test victim was M Labuschagne caught by S Gill for 48. Both Mohammad Siraj and S Gill were making their debut in this test

AM Rahane’s catch to dismiss TM Head off JR Bumrah was his 84^th catch in tests. He is now on par with V Kohli who has also taken 84 catches. It was his 16^th catch against Australia. CA Pujara’s catch to dismiss SPD Smith off R Ashwin was his 53^rd catch in tests.

R Ashwin captured three for 35 in Australia’s first innings which fetched him an aggregate of 373 wickets. It also fetched him an aggregate of 119 wickets on away soil. It also fetched him an aggregate of 35 wickets on away soil against Australia. He is now on par with BS Bedi who also has captured 35 wickets against Australia on away soil. Only N Kapil Dev {51} and A Kumble {49} have captured more wickets against Australia on away soil than R Ashwin and BS Bedi

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the 54^th batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these 54 batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KOA Powell	caught	0	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	MN Samuels	bowled	0	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
3	D Bishoo	lbw	0	3	Win	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
4	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
5	CS Martin	bowled	0	2	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
6	TA Boult	caught	0	3	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
7	CS Martin	lbw	0	3	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
8	IJL Trott	caught	0	2	Eng	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
9	MS Panesar	lbw	0	2	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
10	KP Pietersen	caught	0	4	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
11	PJ Hughes	bowled	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
12	JL Pattinson	lbw	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
13	DJG Sammy	caught	0	1	Win	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
14	J Mubarak	caught	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
15	KTGD Prasad	lbw	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
16	FDM Karunaratne	bowled	0	3	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
17	KTGD Prasad	caught	0	4	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
18	F du Plessis	caught	0	1	SAF	Bengaluru	14 Nov 2015
19	S van Zyl	caught	0	2	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
20	JP Duminy	lbw	0	4	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
21	J Blackwood	caught	0	3	Win	N Sound	21 Jul 2016
22	ML Cummins	caught	0	2	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
23	AS Joseph	caught	0	4	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
24	MJ Guptill	caught	0	4	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
25	N Wagner	lbw	0	4	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
26	LRPL Taylor	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
27	L Ronchi	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
28	TA Boult	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
29	JS Patel	bowled	0	4	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
30	MJ Henry	caught	0	4	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
31	JM Anderson	lbw	0	2	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
32	BM Duckett	caught	0	4	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
33	ZS Ansari	bowled	0	4	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
34	CR Woakes	bowled	0	3	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
35	SE Marsh	lbw	0	3	Aus	Pune	23 Feb 2017
36	MS Wade	caught	0	4	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
37	JR Hazlewood	lbw	0	3	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
38	N Pradeep	caught	0	4	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
39	WU Tharanga	caught	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
40	N Pradeep	bowled	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
41	MDK Perera	lbw	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
42	HMRKB Herath	caught	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
43	PLS Gamage	bowled	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
44	ARS Silva	caught	0	2	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
45	N Dickwella	bowled	0	2	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
46	Q de Kock	caught	0	1	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
47	Yamin Ahmadzai	caught	0	2	Afg	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
48	Wafadar Momand	bowled	0	3	Afg	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
49	JC Buttler	lbw	0	1	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
50	AN Cook	bowled	0	3	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
51	SH Lewis	bowled	0	2	Win	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
52	KOA Powell	caught	0	3	Win	Hyd-RGS	12 Oct 2018
53	VD Philander	bowled	0	2	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
54	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the seventh Australian batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these seven batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	PJ Hughes	bowled	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
3	JL Pattinson	lbw	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	SE Marsh	lbw	0	3	Aus	Pune	23 Feb 2017
5	MS Wade	caught	0	4	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
6	JR Hazlewood	lbw	0	3	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
7	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the 15^th batsman to be dismissed for a duck on away soil by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these fifteen batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	J Mubarak	caught	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	KTGD Prasad	lbw	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
4	FDM Karunaratne	bowled	0	3	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
5	KTGD Prasad	caught	0	4	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
6	J Blackwood	caught	0	3	Win	N Sound	21 Jul 2016
7	ML Cummins	caught	0	2	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
8	AS Joseph	caught	0	4	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
9	N Pradeep	caught	0	4	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
10	WU Tharanga	caught	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
11	N Pradeep	bowled	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
12	Q de Kock	caught	0	1	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
13	JC Buttler	lbw	0	1	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
14	AN Cook	bowled	0	3	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
15	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the second Australian batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin on away soil. The following table lists both these two batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Australia was dismissed for 195 in its first innings in this test to provide the seventh occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total less than 200 runs in its first innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	131	49.4×8	Ind	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
2	145	66.4	Ind	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
3	166	46.7×8	Ind	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
4	174	84.5	Ind	Kolkata	17 Oct 1964
5	177	86.3	Ind	Kolkata	02 Nov 1956
6	182	73.0	Ind	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
7	195	72.3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Australia was dismissed for 195 in its first innings in this test to provide the fourth occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total less than 200 runs in its first innings against India at home. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	131	49.4×8	Ind	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
2	145	66.4	Ind	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
3	166	46.7×8	Ind	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
4	195	72.3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

MA Agarwal was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 166th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 101st occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings on away soil

MA Agarwal was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 38^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 24^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia on away soil

JA Burns of Australia and MA Agarwal of India scored zeroes in this test to provide the tenth occasion of rival openers scoring ducks in a test match in Australia-India test series.

JA Burns of Australia and MA Agarwal of India scored zeroes in first and second innings this test to provide the second occasion of rival openers scoring ducks in the first and second innings of a test match in Australia-India test series.  The first such occasion was witnessed in the test at Sydney in Jan 1981. SM Gavaskar of India in the first innings and J Dyson of Australia in the second innings of this test had failed to open their accounts.