AM Rahane scored 37 in India’s first innings to provide the 73^rd occasion of a captain scoring 37 in a test innings {Note 37 and 73 are reverse numbers}

It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian captain scoring 37 in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SM Gavaskar	37	3	Pak	Lahore	Oct 1984
2	M Azharuddin	37	4	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 1990
3	SC Ganguly	37	1	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2003
4	R Dravid	37	2	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2007
5	AM Rahane	37	2	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021

AM Rahane is the second Indian captain to score 37 in a test innings against Australia after SM Ganguly.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SC Ganguly	37	1	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2003
2	AM Rahane	37	2	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021

It also provides the 15^th occasion of a captain scoring 37 in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WR Hammond	37	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1946
2	AD Nourse	37	2	SAF	Aus	P Elizabeth	Mar 1950
3	PBH May	37*	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1956
4	PBH May	37	2	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1959
5	TW Graveney	37	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	Jul 1968
6	CH Lloyd	37	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1976
7	Mushtaq Mohd	37	3	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1976
8	RB Richardson	37	2	Win	Aus	St John’s	Apr 1995
9	MA Atherton	37	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 2001
10	MV Boucher	37	3	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	Mar 2002
11	SC Ganguly	37	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2003
12	JH Kallis	37	1	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Mar 2006
13	GC Smith	37	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	Nov 2011
14	F du Plessis	37	1	SAF	Aus	Perth	Nov 2016
15	AM Rahane	37	2	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021

SPD Smith has pouched 119 catches prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more catch for his 120 catches. He took three catches in India’s first innings and his aggregate of catches read 122. He 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 required two more catches for his 20 catches. He took three catches in India’s first innings and his aggregate of catches read 21. He became 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}

Washington Sundar and SN Thakur added 123 runs for the seventh wicket in India’s first innings to provide the 105th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against Australia. It also provides the 53rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against Australia in Australia.

It also provides the eighth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings for the seventh wicket against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RA Jadeja, RR Pant	7	204	1	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2019
2	CA Pujara, WP Saha	7	199	2	Aus	Ranchi	Mar 2017
3	HR Adhikari, VS Hazare	7	132	3	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1948
4	W Sundar, SN Thakur	7	123	1	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021
5	MS Dhoni, SC Ganguly	7	109	1	Aus	Mohali	Oct 2008
6	MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh	7	108	3	Aus	Nagpur	Nov 2008
7	M Kaif, PA Patel	7	102	2	Aus	Chennai	Oct 2004
8	M Azharuddin, M Prabhakar	7	101	4	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1992

It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the seventh wicket against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RA Jadeja, RR Pant	7	204	1	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2019
2	HR Adhikari, VS Hazare	7	132	3	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1948
3	W Sundar, SN Thakur	7	123	1	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021
4	M Azharuddin, M Prabhakar	7	101	4	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1992

It also represents the ground record at Brisbane. The previous best was 58 runs partnership between N Kapil Dev and M Prabhakar at Brisbane in Nov 1991

Washington Sundar and SN Thakur added 123 runs for the seventh wicket in India’s first innings to provide the 584th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings.  It also provides the 266th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings on away soil

It also provides the 38th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings for the seventh wicket. It also provides the 18^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings for the seventh wicket on away soil

Washington Sundar scored 62 and captured three wickets in this test to become the fifth Indian cricketer to score a fifty and capture three or more wickets in an innings on test debut. He is second Indian cricketer to perform the feat against Australia after DG Phadkar. DG Phadkar had scored 51 and captured three wickets at Sydney in Dec 1947

No	Player	FI	SI	W	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	L Amar Singh	–	51	4	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1932
2	DG Phadkar	51	–	3	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1947
3	GH Vihari	56	–	3	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
4	SC Ganguly	131	–	3	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1996
5	W Sundar	62	–	3	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021

Washington Sundar scored 62 in this test to become the 46th Indian batsman to score a fifty in an innings on test debut. He is sixth Indian batsman to perform the feat against Australia

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DG Phadkar	51	1	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1947
2	GR Viswanath	137	3	Aus	Kanpur	Nov 1969
3	CA Pujara	72	4	Aus	Bengaluru	Oct 2010
4	S Dhawan	187	2	Aus	Mohali	Mar 2013
5	MA Agarwal	76	1	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2018
6	Washington Sundar	62	2	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021

Washington Sundar scored 62 in this test to become the 55th batsman to score a fifty in an innings on test debut while batting at number seven. He is fifth Indian batsman to perform the feat while batting at number seven

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Dilawar Hussain	57	3	Eng	Kolkata	Jan 1934
2	Yuvraj of Patiala	60	4	Eng	Chennai	Feb 1934
3	RG Nadkarni	68*	2	NZl	Delhi	Dec 1955
4	R Dravid	95	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1996
5	Washington Sundar	62	2	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2021

Washington Sundar {62} and SN Thakur {67} scored fifties in India’s first innings to provide the 158^th occasion of batsmen scoring fifties while batting at number seven and eight. It also provides the 29^th such occasion against Australia in a test innings. It also provides the fifth such occasion by Indian against Australia in a test innings. It also provides 16th such occasion by Indian batsmen in a test innings.

DA Warner has a run aggregate of 4492 runs as an opening batsman on home soil prior to the start of the Australia’s second innings in Brisbane Test. He required seven more runs for his 4500 runs. He completed 4500 runs when he was on eight during his knock of 20 not out in Australia’s second innings. His run aggregate read 4512 at stumps on the third day of the test. He became 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 Australia’s second innings in the Brisbane Test. He requires eight more runs for his 4500 runs. He completed 4500 runs when he was on eight during his knock of 20 not out in Australia’s second innings. His run aggregate read 4512 at stumps on the third day of the test. He became 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.