M Labuschagne scored 91 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 190th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in an innings. It also provides the 25^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in an innings against India.

It also provides the 111^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in an innings on home soil.  It also provides the twelfth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in an innings against India on home soil.

M Labuschagne’s 91 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 24th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in an innings at Sydney and the fourth such occasion against India at Sydney. All the four occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KD Walters	94*	1	Ind	Sydney	26 Jan 1968
2	GR Marsh	92	2	Ind	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
3	CJL Rogers	95	1	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
4	M Labuschagne	91	1	Ind	Sydney	07 Jan 2021

M Labuschagne’s 91 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 100th occasion of a batsman dismissed for exact ninety one in an innings. It also provides the 20^th such occasion by Australian batsmen and fifth such occasion by Australian batsmen against India

M Labuschagne and SPD Smith added 100 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 919^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 163rd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the third wicket.

It also provides the 118th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India. It also provides the 24th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the third wicket against India.

It also provides the 19th occasion of Australian batsmen posting exact 100 runs partnership in a test innings. It also provides the first occasion of Australian batsmen posting exact 100 runs partnership in a test innings for the third wicket.

It also provides the third occasion of Australian batsmen posting exact 100 runs partnership in a test innings against India. The other occasions were – RB Simpson and PM Toohey adding 100 runs for the fifth wicket against India at Perth in Dec 1977 and W Pucovski and M Labuschagne adding 100 runs in this test for the second wicket. It also provides the first occasion of Australian batsmen posting exact 100 runs partnership in a test innings for the third wicket against India.

W Pucovski-M Labuschagne added 100 runs for the second wicket and M Labuschagne-SPD Smith added 100 runs for the third wicket in Australia’s first innings to provide the first occasion of batsmen posting two partnerships of exact 100 runs in the same innings. It also provides the very first occasion of batsmen posting exact 100 runs for the consecutive second and third wicket in a test innings.

W Pucovski {62}, M Labuschagne {91} and SPD Smith {131} scored fifties in Australia’s innings to provide the 38th occasion of three Australian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India. It also provides the 20^th such occasion on home soil and eighth such occasion at Sydney.

SPD Smith completed 1500 runs against India on home soil when he was on 61 during the course of his knock of 131 in Australia’s first innings. His run aggregate read 1570 at the end of Australian first innings. He became the fifth Australian batsman to total 1500 plus runs against India. Others are – RT Ponting {2555}, MJ Clarke {2049}, ML Hayden {1888} and AR Border {1567}

C Green, P Cummins and NM Lyon were dismissed for ducks in Australia’s first innings to provide the 179^th, 180^{th and} 181^st occasion of Australian batsmen dismissed for ducks against India. It also provides the 79^th, 80^th and 81^st occasion of Australian batsmen dismissed for ducks against India on home soil.

C Green, P Cummins and NM Lyon were dismissed for ducks in Australia’s first innings to provide the 13th occasion of three Australian batsmen scoring ducks against India. It also provides the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen dismissed for ducks against India on home soil and the second such occasion at Sydney. The first such occasion at Sydney was in Jan 1978 – the match had a start date of 07 Jan 1978 – when AL Mann, WM Clarke and JB Gannon – failed to open the account in Australia’s first innings.

SPD Smith scored 131 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 104th occasion of Australian batsman scoring a century against India. It also provides the 65^th occasion of Australian batsman scoring a century against India in Australia.

It also provides the 104th occasion of Australian batsman scoring a century at Sydney and also provides the 17th occasion of Australian batsman scoring a century at Sydney against India.

SPD Smith posted his second century against India at Sydney when he scored in Australia’s first innings. Prior to this he had scored 117 in Jan 2015. SPD Smith became the fifth Australian batsman to score centuries on two occasions against India at Sydney. The following table lists these five batsmen

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	DC Boon	131	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 1986
	2	DC Boon	129*	1	Ind	Sydney	Jan 1992
2	1	MEK Hussey	145*	3	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2008
	2	MEK Hussey	150*	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2012
3	1	JL Langer	223	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2000
	2	JL Langer	117	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2004
4	1	RT Ponting	141*	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2000
	2	RT Ponting	134	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2012
5	1	SPD Smith	117	1	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
	2	SPD Smith	131	1	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2021

SPD Smith was dismissed run out for 131 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 21st occasion of Australian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century. It also provides the eleventh occasion of Australian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century on home soil.

It also provides the 21^st occasion of Australian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century against India. It also provides the eleventh occasion of Australian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century on home soil against India.

It also provides the third occasion of Australian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century at Sydney. It also provides the first occasion of Australian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century on home soil against India.

RA Jadeja captured four wickets conceding 62 runs in Australia’s first innings which fetched him an aggregate of 63 wickets against Australia. He became the sixth Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets against Australia. Others  are – A Kumble {111}, Harbhajan Singh {95}, R Ashwin {87}, N Kapil Dev {79} and Z Khan {61}

India opened its first innings through RG Sharma and Shubman Gill. They became 159^th pair to have opened India’s innings in tests. They also became the 102nd pair to open the India’s innings on away soil.

They also became the 41st pair to open the India’s innings against Australia and also became the 25th pair to open the India’s innings against Australia in Australia