TM Paine completed 1500 runs of his test career when he was on 44 during his knock of 50 in Australia’s first innings. At the end of his innings, his run aggregate read 1506. He became the fifth Australian wicket keeper batsman to aggregate 1500 plus runs. Others are – AC Gilchrist {5570}, IA Healey {4356}, RW Marsh {3363} and BJ Haddin {3266}

Another interesting point of TM Paine’s feat is his 1500 career runs have been scored without a century. He has scored nine half centuries which included his 50 in this innings. His highest individual score is 92 made against India at Mohali in Oct 2010

TM Paine’s 50 in this game provide the 20^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper scoring a fifty against India. It also represents his fourth fifty against India. He became the second Australian wicket keeper batsman to score four or more fifties against India after AC Gilchrist. AC Gilchrist has scored five fifties against India.The following table lists the fifties scored by these two wicket keepers

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AC Gilchrist	78	1	Ind	Melbourne	Dec 1999
2	AC Gilchrist	55	3	Ind	Melbourne	Dec 1999
3	AC Gilchrist	122	2	Ind	Mumbai	Feb 2001
4	AC Gilchrist	104	1	Ind	Bengaluru	Oct 2004
5	AC Gilchrist	55	2	Ind	Perth	Jan 2008
1	TD Paine	92	1	Ind	Mohali	Oct 2010
2	TD Paine	59	1	Ind	Bengaluru	Oct 2010
3	TD Paine	73*	2	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2020
4	TD Paine	50	1	Ind	Brisbane	Jan 2021

TM Paine became the third wicket keeper batsman to score exact 50 against India after ATW Grout and SJ Rixon

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	ATW Grout	50	2	Ind	Kolkata	Jan 1960
2	SJ Rixon	50	2	Ind	Perth	Dec 1977
3	TD Paine	50	1	Ind	Brisbane	Jan 2021

TM Paine’s 50 provide the 33^rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed for exact 50 in a test innings.

It also provides the 50th occasion of a captain dismissed for exact 50 in a test innings. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian captain dismissed for an exact 50 in a test innings.

TD Paine became the second Australian captain to be dismissed for an exact 50 in a test innings against India after KJ Hughes. KJ Hughes was dismissed for an exact 50 at Kanpur in Oct 1979.

It also provides the ninth occasion of a captain dismissed for an exact 50 in a test innings against India.

It also provides the third occasion of a captain wicket keeper batsman dismissed for exact 50 in a test innings. The other two occasions are MS Dhoni of India against England at Southampton in Jul 2014 and Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan against South Africa at Johannesburg in Jan 2019.

TM Paine became the first Australian captain wicket keeper to score exact 50 in a test innings.

T Natarajan and Washington Sundar captured three wickets each conceding 78 and 89 runs on their test debut. They They became the 13th and 14th Indian bowlers to capture three or more wickets on test debut against Australia

They became the seventh and eighth Indian bowlers to capture three or more wickets on test debut against Australia in Australia.

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DG Phadkar	3-14	2	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1947
2	CR Rangachari	4-141	1	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1948
3	S Abid Ali	6-55	1	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1967
4	J Srinath	3-59	2	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1991
5	ST Banerjee	3-47	1	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1992
6	Mohd Siraj	3-37	3	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2020
7	T Natarajan	3-78	1	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021
8	W Sundar	3-89	1	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021

They also became the second and third Indian bowlers to capture three wickets on test debut against Australia at Brisbane after J Srinath. J Srinath had captured 3 for 59 on his test debut against Australia at Brisbane in Nov 1991.

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	J Srinath	3-59	2	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1991
2	T Natarajan	3-78	1	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021
3	W Sundar	3-89	1	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021

RG Sharma took three catches in Australia’s first innings to provide the 17^th occasion of an Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keeper to take three or more catches in an innings against Australia. He also became the ninth Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keeper to take three or more catches in an innings against Australia in Australia.

He also became the fourth Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keeper to take three or more catches in an innings against Australia at Brisbane after RF Surti, SM Gavaskar and VVS Laxman

No	Player	Ct	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RF Surti	3	3	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 1968
2	SM Gavaskar	3	1	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 1977
3	VVS Laxman	3	1	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 2003
4	RG Sharma	3	1	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021