AM Rahane scored  89 in India’s first innings in this test which was his eighth fifty and sixth half century against Australia.

AM Rahane completed 5000 runs of his test career when he was on 69 during the course of his knock of 89 in this test. At the end of India’s first innings, his aggregate read 5020. He became the thirteenth Indian batsman to score 5000 plus test runs. The following table lists all of them.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	SR Tendulkar	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
2	R Dravid	1996-2012	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	36	63	07
3	SM Gavaskar	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
4	VVS Laxman	1996-2012	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17	56	14
5	V Sehwag	2001-2013	103	178	06	8503	319	49.43	23	31	16
6	V Kohli	2011-2023	109	184	11	8430	254*	48.72	28	28	14
7	SC Ganguly	1996-2008	113	188	17	7212	239	42.17	16	35	13
8	CA Pujara	2010-2023	103	175	11	7168	206*	43.70	19	35	12
9	DB Vengsarkar	1976-1992	116	185	22	6868	166	42.13	17	35	15
10	M Azharuddin	1984-2000	099	147	09	6215	199	45.03	22	21	05
11	GR Viswanath	1969-1983	091	155	10	6080	222	41.93	14	35	10
12	N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	131	184	15	5248	163	31.05	08	27	16
13	AM Rahane	2013-2023	083	141	12	5020	188	38.91	12	26	10

AM Rahane-SR Thakur posted 109 runs for the seventh wicket to provide the 109th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against Australia

AM Rahane-SR Thakur posted 109 runs for the seventh wicket to provide the ninth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against Australia for the seventh wicket.

AM Rahane-SR Thakur posted runs for the seventh wicket to provide the 106th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in a test played at neutral venue. It also provides the second occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the seventh wicket in a test played at the neutral venue.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Mathews, MDK Perera	7	112	1	Srl	Pak	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014
2	AM Rahane, SN Thakur	7	109	2	Ins	Aus	The Oval	07 Jun 2023

AM Rahane-SR Thakur posted runs for the seventh wicket to provide the 15th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against Australia in a test played at neutral venue.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez	1	205	1	Pak	v Australia	Dub-DSC	7 Oct 2018
2	Azhar Ali, Salman Butt	2	102	4	Pak	v Australia	Lord’s	13 Jul 2010
3	Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat	2	110	4	Pak	v Australia	Leeds	21 Jul 2010
4	Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan	2	168	3	Pak	v Australia	Dub-DSC	22 Oct 2014
5	Azhar Ali, Younis Khan	3	108	1	Pak	v Australia	Dub-DSC	22 Oct 2014
6	Azhar Ali, Younis Khan	3	236	1	Pak	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
7	Azhar Ali, Younis Khan	3	131	3	Pak	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
8	Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan	4	181	1	Pak	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
9	Azhar Ali, Misbah-ul-Haq	4	141*	3	Pak	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
10	Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail	5	150	1	Pak	v Australia	Dub-DSC	7 Oct 2018
11	Faisal Iqbal, Rashid Latif	6	103	2	Pak	v Australia	Col-PSS	3 Oct 2002
12	Asad Shafiq, Sarfaraz Ahmed	6	124	1	Pak	v Australia	Dub-DSC	22 Oct 2014
13	Fakhar Zaman, Sarfaraz Ahmed	6	147	1	Pak	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
14	Babar Azam, Sarfaraz Ahmed	6	133	3	Pak	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
15	AM Rahane, SN Thakur	7	109	2	Ind	v Australia	The Oval	07 Jun 2023

It is interesting to note that of the 15 three figure partnerships posted in a test against Australia at a neutral venue, 14 are by Pakistan batsmen. Thus India became the first team to post a three figure partnership against Australia at a neutral venue, other than Pakistan.

It’s just a coincidence. India was dismissed all out for 296. Australia’s lead over India at the end of the third day was also 296.  Australia’s second innings score at the end of the third day was 123 for 4  – the first four digits in that order.

SN Thakur’s 51 in this game represent his fourth fifty of his test career. Other three are – 67 Vs Aus at Brisbane in Jan 2021, 60 Vs Eng at The Oval in Sep 2021 and 57 Vs Eng at The Oval in Sep 2021. Thus his 51 in the first innings of this test represent his third consecutive fifty at The Oval.