RG Sharma scored 120 in India’s first innings to provide his first century as a captain. It also provides the 75th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 15^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century against Australia.

RG Sharma’s 120 in this test provide the 14th occasion of an Indian captain opener scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian captain opener scoring a century against Australia.

RG Sharma became the third Indian captain to score a century in a test innings. Others are SM Gavaskar {11} and R Dravid {02}. He also became the second Indian captain to score a century in a test innings against Australia after SM Gavaskar.

RG Sharma’s 120 in this test provide the 160th occasion of an Indian opener scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 27th occasion of an Indian opener scoring a century against Australia.

RG Sharma’s 120 in this test provide the 533rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 85th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia.

RA Jadeja scored 66 not out in India’s first innings. He had captured five for 47 in Australia’s first innings. His feat of scoring a fifty and capturing five wickets provides the 230^th occasion of a cricketer performing an all round feat of scoring fifty plus runs coupled with five or more wickets in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the 31^st occasion of an Indian cricketer performing such an all round feat. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian bowler performing such a feat against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RF Surti	70	53	5	74	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
2	N Kapil Dev	56	–	5	130	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
3	Z Khan	57*	–	5	91	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008
4	RA Jadeja	54*	–	5	124	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
5	RA Jadeja	66*		5	47	Ind	Aus	Nagpur-J	09 Mar 2023

It also provides the second occasion of RA Jadeja performing such a feat against Australia. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RA Jadeja	54*	–	5	124	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
2	RA Jadeja	66*		5	47	Ind	Aus	Nagpur-J	09 Mar 2023

It also provides the sixth occasion of RA Jadeja performing such a feat in a test match. He now shares the record of performing such a feat on most occasions amongst the Indian bowlers with R Ashwin. R Ashwin has also performed such a feat on six occasions. The following table lists the performance of these two bowlers.

No	Player	FI	SI	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	R Ashwin	–	103+	5	43	Ind	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
2	R Ashwin	103	–	5	156	Ind	Win	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
3	R Ashwin	56	–	5	61	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
4	R Ashwin	113	–	7	83	Ind	Win	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
5	R Ashwin	58	–	5	67	Ind	Eng	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
6	R Ashwin	54	–	5	69	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
1	RA Jadeja	–	50*	5	73	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
2	RA Jadeja	51	–	7	48	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
3	RA Jadeja	54*	–	5	124	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
4	RA Jadeja	70*	–	5	152	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
5	RA Jadeja	175*	–	5	41	Ind	Srl	Mohali	04 Mar 2022
6	RA Jadeja	66*		5	47	Ind	Aus	Nagpur-J	09 Mar 2023

Note  – Stats as at the end of second day’s play of the Nagpur Test between India and Australia on 10 Feb 2023

T Murphy of Australia captured five for 82 in India’s innings to provide the 176^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets on his test debut. It also provides the 14th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets on his test debut against India

T Murphy of Australia captured five for 82 in India’s innings to provide the 37^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets on his test debut. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets on his test debut against India. The four bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	B Lee	18.0	2	047	5	2	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
2	JJ Krejza	43.5	1	215	8	1	Ind	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
3	JR Hazlewood	23.2	6	068	5	1	Ind	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
4	T Murphy	36.0	9	082	5	2	Ind	Nagpur	09 Feb 2023

T Murphy of Australia captured five for 82 in India’s innings to provide the 639^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. It also provides the 63rd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India.

Axar Patel scored 52 not out in India’s innings to provide the 50^th occasion of an Indian batsman batting at number nine scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian batsman batting at number nine scoring a fifty in a test innings against Australia