Approaching milestones ahead of the Brisbane Test
RR Pant has effected 24 dismissals against Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He needs one more dismissal which would fetch him 25 dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the third Indian wicket keeper to effect 25 plus dismissals against Australia. Others are – MS Dhoni {71} and SMH Kirmani {41}
RR Pant has effected 24 catches against Australia in Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He needs one more dismissal which would fetch him 25 catches. If he effects it, he would then become the third Indian wicket keeper to effect 25 plus catches against Australia in Australia. Others are – MS Dhoni {35} and SMH Kirmani {27}
RR Pant has effected 58 dismissals on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He needs two more dismissals which would fetch him 60 dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the fourth Indian wicket keeper to effect 60 plus dismissals on away soil. Others are – MS Dhoni {167}, SMH Kirmani {90} and KS More {81}
RR Pant has pouched 58 catches on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He needs two more catches which would fetch him 60 catches. If he catches them, he would then become the fourth Indian wicket keeper to pouch 60 plus catches on away soil. Others are – MS Dhoni {154}, KS More {77} and SMH Kirmani {71}
RA Jadeja has an aggregate of 1954 runs prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 46 more runs for his 2000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the 41st Indian batsman to total 2000 plus runs in tests. RA Jadeja has already taken 220 wickets in tests. If he scores 2000 runs, then he would become the fifth Indian all rounder to score 2000 runs and capture 200 plus wickets.
| No | Player | Mat | Runs | Wkts |
| 1 | A Kumble | 132 | 2506 | 619 |
| 2 | N Kapil Dev | 131 | 5248 | 434 |
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | 103 | 2224 | 417 |
| 4 | R Ashwin | 073 | 2467 | 377 |
| 5 | RA Jadeja | 050 | 1954 | 220 |
If he scores 46 runs, then he would become the 21st all rounder in the history of test cricket to score 2000 plus runs and capture 200 plus wickets. The following table lists all the 21 cricketers.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Runs | Wkts |
| 1 | SK Warne | Aus | 145 | 3154 | 708 |
| 2 | A Kumble | Ind | 132 | 2506 | 619 |
| 3 | SCJ Broad | Eng | 143 | 3335 | 514 |
| 4 | N Kapil Dev | Ind | 131 | 5248 | 434 |
| 5 | RJ Hadlee | NZl | 086 | 3124 | 431 |
| 6 | SM Pollock | SAF | 108 | 3781 | 421 |
| 7 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | 103 | 2224 | 417 |
| 8 | Wasim Akram | Pak | 104 | 2898 | 414 |
| 9 | IT Botham | Eng | 102 | 5200 | 383 |
| 10 | R Ashwin | Ind | 073 | 2418 | 375 |
| 11 | Imran Khan | Pak | 088 | 3807 | 362 |
| 12 | DL Vettori | NZl | 113 | 4531 | 362 |
| 13 | WPUJC Vaas | Srl | 111 | 3089 | 355 |
| 14 | MG Johnson | Aus | 073 | 2065 | 313 |
| 15 | JH Kallis | SAF | 166 | 13289 | 292 |
| 16 | R Benaud | Aus | 063 | 2201 | 248 |
| 17 | GS Sobers | Win | 093 | 8032 | 235 |
| 18 | A Flintoff | Eng | 079 | 3845 | 226 |
| 19 | CL Cairns | NZl | 062 | 3320 | 218 |
| 20 | RA Jadeja | Ind | 050 | 1926 | 216 |
| 21 | Shakib Al Hasan | Ban | 056 | 3862 | 210 |
NM Lyon has an aggregate of 197 wickets on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires three more wickets for his 200 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the fourth Australian bowler to capture 200 test wickets on home soil. Others are – SK Warne {319}, GD McGrath {289} and DK Lillee {231}.
NM Lyon has an aggregate of 197 wickets on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires three more wickets for his 200 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the 20th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 200 test wickets on home soil.
NM Lyon has an aggregate of 91 wickets against India prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires nine more runs for his 100 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first Australian bowler to capture 100 test wickets against India.
R Ashwin has an aggregate of 89 wickets against Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more wicket for his 90 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian bowler to capture 90 plus test wickets against Australia. Others are – A Kumble {111} and Harbhajan Singh {95}.
R Ashwin has an aggregate of 39 wickets against Australia in Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one wicket for his 40 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian bowler to capture 40 plus test wickets against Australia in Australia. Others are – N Kapil Dev {51} and A Kumble {49}.
NM Lyon has pouched 49 catches prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more catch for his 50 catches. If he catches it, then he would become the 21st Australian fieldsman, other than the wicket keepers to catch 50 plus catches.
SPD Smith has pouched 119 catches prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more catch for his 120 catches. If he catches it, then he would become the ninth Australian fieldsman, other than the wicket keepers to catch 120 plus catches.
SPD Smith has pouched 18 catches against India prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires two more catches for his 20 catches. If he catches it, then he would become the seventh Australian fieldsman, other than the wicket keepers to catch 20 plus catches against India. Others are – RT Ponting {36}, MJ Clarke {29}, ME Waugh {29}, ML Hayden {23}, RB Simpson {21} and MEK Hussey {20}
TM Paine has pouched 147 catches prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires three more catches for his 150 dismissals. If he pouches them, then he would become the sixth Australian wicket keeper to pouch 150 plus catches. Others are – AC Gilchrist {379} and BJ Haddin {366}, RW Marsh {343}, BJ Haddin {262} and ATW Grout {163}
TM Paine has effected 35 dismissals against India prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires five more dismissals for his 40 dismissals. If he effected them, then he would become the third Australian wicket keeper to effect 40 plus dismissals against India. Others are – AC Gilchrist {75} and BJ Haddin {58}
SPD Smith has a run aggregate of 7449 runs prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 51 more runs for his 7500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the ninth Australian batsman to score 7500 plus runs in Tests. Others are – RT Ponting {13378}, AR Border {11178}, SR Waugh {10927}, MJ Clarke {8643}, ML Hayden {8625} and ME Waugh {8029}, JL Langer {7696} and MA Taylor {7525}
SPD Smith has a run aggregate of 991 runs against India on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires nine more runs for his 1000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the third Australian batsman to score 1500 plus runs against India on home soil. Others are – RT Ponting {1894} and MJ Clarke {1077}
DA Warner has a run aggregate of 4492 runs as an opening batsman on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires eight more runs for his 4500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the second Australian opening batsman to score 4500 plus runs on home soil after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has an aggregate of 5210 runs.
DA Warner has a run aggregate of 4492 runs as a left hand opening batsman on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires eight more runs for his 4500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the second Australian left hand opening batsman to score 4500 plus runs on home soil after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has an aggregate of 5210 runs.
DA Warner has scored seven boundary sixes and SPD Smith has scored six boundary sixes against India on home soil. DA Warner requires two more boundary sixes and SPD Smith requires three more boundary sixes to overhaul KR Miller’s eight boundary sixes which is the present record for most boundary sixes by an Australian batsman against India on home soil.
DA Warner has scored 56 boundary sixes in his test career. He requires four more boundary sixes which would fetch him 60 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would then become the fourth Australian batsman to score 60 plus boundary sixes. Others are – AC Gilchrist {100}, ML Hayden {82} and RT Ponting {73}
DA Warner has scored 56 boundary sixes in his test career as an opening batsman. He requires four more boundary sixes which would fetch him 60 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would then become the second Australian opening batsman to score 60 plus boundary sixes after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has scored 82 boundary fours
DA Warner has scored 56 boundary sixes in his test career as left handed opening batsman. He requires four more boundary sixes which would fetch him 60 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would then become the second left handed Australian opening batsman to score 60 plus boundary sixes after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has scored 82 boundary fours
DA Warner has scored 24 centuries in his test career as left handed opening batsman. He requires one more century which would fetch him 25 centuries. If he scores them, then he would then become the fourth left handed opening batsman to score 25 centuries. Others are – AN Cook {31}, ML Hayden {30} and GC Smith {27}
DA Warner has scored 24 centuries in his test career as left handed opening batsman. He requires one more century which would fetch him 25 centuries. If he scores them, then he would then become the second left handed Australian opening batsman to score 25 centuries after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has scored 30 centuries.
DA Warner has scored 24 centuries in his test career as an opening batsman. He requires one more century which would fetch him 25 centuries. If he scores them, then he would then become the fifth opening batsman to score 25 centuries. Others are – SM Gavaskar {33}, AN Cook {31}, ML Hayden {30} and GC Smith {27}
AM Rahane has a run aggregate of 2917 runs on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 83 more runs for his 3000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the tenth Indian batsman to score 3000 plus runs on away soil. The following table lists all the ten batsmen.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | 106 | 176 | 17 | 8705 | 248* |
| 2 | R Dravid | 093 | 164 | 21 | 7667 | 270 |
| 3 | SM Gavaskar | 060 | 106 | 09 | 5055 | 221 |
| 4 | VVS Laxman | 077 | 134 | 16 | 5014 | 178 |
| 5 | SC Ganguly | 063 | 104 | 07 | 4032 | 147 |
| 6 | V Sehwag | 051 | 089 | 03 | 3847 | 309 |
| 7 | V Kohli | 048 | 087 | 02 | 3760 | 200 |
| 8 | DB Vengsarkar | 062 | 105 | 09 | 3143 | 157 |
| 9 | M Amarnath | 037 | 063 | 05 | 3008 | 138 |
| 10 | AM Rahane | 042 | 073 | 08 | 2917 | 147 |
AM Rahane has scored 23 fifties on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires two more fifties for his 25 fifties. If he scores them, then he would become the eighth Indian batsman to score 25 plus fifties on away soil. The following table lists these eight batsmen.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | C | HC | 50+ |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | 106 | 176 | 17 | 8705 | 29 | 36 | 65 |
| 2 | R Dravid | 093 | 164 | 21 | 7667 | 21 | 36 | 57 |
| 3 | VVS Laxman | 077 | 134 | 16 | 5014 | 09 | 32 | 41 |
| 4 | SM Gavaskar | 060 | 106 | 09 | 5055 | 18 | 22 | 40 |
| 5 | SC Ganguly | 063 | 104 | 07 | 4032 | 08 | 22 | 30 |
| 6 | V Kohli | 048 | 087 | 02 | 3760 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | M Amarnath | 037 | 063 | 05 | 3008 | 09 | 17 | 26 |
| 8 | AM Rahane | 040 | 071 | 08 | 2891 | 08 | 15 | 23 |
AM Rahane has pouched 48 catches on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires two more catches for his 50 catches. If he pouches them, then he would become the sixth Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 50 plus catches on away soil. Others are – R Dravid {111}, VVS Laxman {74}, SR Tendulkar {68}, SM Gavaskar {57} and M Azharuddin {53}
AM Rahane has pouched 18 catches against Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires two more catches for his 20 catches. If he pouches them, then he would become the sixth Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 20 plus catches against Australia. Others are – R Dravid {46}, VVS Laxman {36}, SR Tendulkar {23}, V Sehwag {22} and V Kohli {20}
CA Pujara has scored 14 fifties against Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more fifty for his 15 fifties. If he scores them, then he would become the fourth Indian batsman to score 15 plus fifties against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {27}, VVS Laxman {18} and R Dravid {15}
CA Pujara has scored five centuries against Australia to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more century for his six century. If he scores them, then he would become the fifth Indian batsman to score six or more centuries against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {11}, SM Gavaskar {08}, V Kohli {07} and VVS Laxman {06}
CA Pujara has an aggregate of 912 runs against Australia in Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 88 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the fifth Indian batsman to score 1000 plus runs against Australia in Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {1809}, V Kohli {1352}, VVS Laxman {1236} and R Dravid {1143}
AM Rahane has an aggregate of 2917 runs against Australia in Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 83 more runs for his 3000 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the tenth Indian batsman to aggregate 3000 plus runs against Australia in Australia. The following table lists the ten batsmen.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | 106 | 176 | 17 | 8705 | 248* |
| 2 | R Dravid | 93 | 164 | 21 | 7667 | 270 |
| 3 | SM Gavaskar | 60 | 106 | 9 | 5055 | 221 |
| 4 | VVS Laxman | 77 | 134 | 16 | 5014 | 178 |
| 5 | SC Ganguly | 63 | 104 | 7 | 4032 | 147 |
| 6 | V Sehwag | 51 | 89 | 3 | 3847 | 309 |
| 7 | V Kohli | 48 | 87 | 2 | 3760 | 200 |
| 8 | DB Vengsarkar | 62 | 105 | 9 | 3143 | 157 |
| 9 | M Amarnath | 37 | 63 | 5 | 3008 | 138 |
| 10 | AM Rahane | 42 | 73 | 8 | 2917 | 147 |
SPD Smith has an aggregate of 7449 runs prior to the prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 51 more runs for his 7500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the ninth Australian batsman to score 7500 plus. The following table lists all the nine batsmen.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS |
| 1 | RT Ponting | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 |
| 2 | AR Border | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 |
| 3 | SR Waugh | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 |
| 4 | MJ Clarke | 115 | 198 | 22 | 8643 | 329* |
| 5 | ML Hayden | 103 | 184 | 14 | 8625 | 380 |
| 6 | ME Waugh | 128 | 209 | 17 | 8029 | 153* |
| 7 | JL Langer | 105 | 182 | 12 | 7696 | 250 |
| 8 | MA Taylor | 104 | 186 | 13 | 7525 | 334* |
| 9 | SPD Smith | 77 | 138 | 18 | 7449 | 239 |