India won the toss and elected to bat first to provide the 38th occasion of India doing so against Australia in a test.  It also provides the 19th occasion of India doing so against Australia in Australia and the third occasion of India doing so against Australia in a test at Perth

India capped Harshit Rana and K Nithish Kumar Reddy of this test. They became the   141^st and 142^nd cricketers to represent India in a test. They also became the 17^th and 18th Indian cricketers to make their test debut against Australia.

Australia capped NA McSweeny for this test. He became the 467th cricketer to represent Australia in a test. He also became the 57th Australian cricketer to make his test debut against India.

India had the new opening pair for this test with YBK Jaiswal and KL Rahul opening the India’s innings. They became the 165^th opening pair and 43^rd opening pair against Australia.

YBK Jaiswal was dismissed for zero in India’s first innings to provide the 173^rd occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for zero in a test innings.  It also provides the 39^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for zero in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the second duck for YBL Jaiswal in a test innings. The first was against South Africa at Cape Town in Jan 2024

India lost its first wicket without a run on the board to provide the 75th  occasion of India losing its first wicket without a run. It also provides the 22nd such occasion against Australia.

D Padikkal scored zero in India’s first innings to provide the 76th occasion of an Indian batsman batting at number three scoring a zero in a test innings. It also provides the  19^th occasion of an Indian batsman batting at number three scoring a zero in a test innings against Australia

D Padikkal played 23 deliveries before scoring a zero to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring zero in a test innings after playing 20 or more deliveries. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	IK Pathan	0	29	4	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005
2	SK Raina	0	29	2	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
3	RR Pant	0	29	2	v England	Southampt0on	30 Aug 2018
4	MM Patel	0	28	1	v West Indies	St John’s	02 Jun 2006
5	JJ Bumrah	0	26	3	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024
6	SV Manjrekar	0	25	2	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992
7	VVS Laxman	0	24	1	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
8	D Padikkal	0	23	1	v Australia	Perth	22 Nov 2024
9	DG Phadkar	0	22	3	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
10	KD Ghavri	0	21	1	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981

D Padikkal played 23 deliveries before scoring a zero to provide the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring zero in a test innings after playing 20 or more deliveries against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	D Padikkal	0	23	1	v Australia	Perth	22 Nov 2024
2	DG Phadkar	0	22	3	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
3	KD Ghavri	0	21	1	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981

D Padikkal owns the record for scoring a zero after playing most deliveries in a test innings against Australia. The previous record was in the name of DG Phadkar who after playing 22 deliveries scored zero against Australia at Melbourne in Feb 1948

India was dismissed all out for 150 in its first innings to provide the 20th occasion of India dismissed all out for a score of 150 or less than 150 runs in a test innings against Australia.  It also provides the tenth occasion of India dismissed all out for a score of 150 or less than 150 runs in a test innings against Australia in Australia and the second such occasion at Perth.

SPD Smith of Australia was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the 1516^th occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed for zero in a test innings.  It also provides the 196^th occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed for zero in a test innings against India

SPD Smith of Australia collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 287^th occasion of an Australian batsman collecting the first ball duck in a test innings.  It also provides the 32^nd occasion of an Australian batsman collecting the first ball duck in a test innings against India

SPD Smith of Australia was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of an his dismissed for zero in an innings in his test career    It also provides the third occasion of his dismissed for zero in a test innings against India

SPD Smith became the 35^th Australian batsman to be dismissed for zero in a test innings on 35 plus occasions.

SPD Smith of Australia collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the first occasion of his collecting the first ball duck in a test innings.  It also provides his first occasion of his collecting the first ball dismissal for a duck in a test innings against India.

Austraia lost seven wickets for 67 runs at the close of the first day’s play resulting in seventeen wickets falling on the first day. This is a record for most wickets falling on the first day of any Test match in Australia since 1952.

V Kohli was dismissed for 5 in India’s first innings to provide the 35^th occasion of his being dismissed for single digit in a test innings. It also provides the seventh occasion of his being dismissed for single digit in a test innings against Australia

V Kohli was dismissed for 5 in India’s first innings to provide the third occasion of his being dismissed for exact five runs in a test innings. It also provides the first occasion of his being dismissed for exact five runs in a test innings against Australia

M Labuschagne of Australia scored two runs in Australia’s first innings. He faced 52 deliveries to become the fifth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score two runs facing 50 plus deliveries. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Runs	BF	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Kamrul Islam Rabbi	Ban	2	63	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Jan 2017
2	PS de Villiers	SAF	2	52	4	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
3	M Labuschagne	Aus	2	52	2	v India	Perth	22 Nov 2024
4	N Hussain	Eng	2	50	3	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997
4	PD Collingwood	Eng	2	50	4	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008

M Labuschagne occupies the joint second place in the five men list. Kamrul Islam Rabbi of Bangaldesh occupies the first place. He scored two runs facing 63 deliveries against New Zealand at Christchurch in Jan 2017

No	Player	Team	Runs	BF	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Kamrul Islam Rabbi	Ban	2	63	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Jan 2017
2	PS de Villiers	SAF	2	52	4	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
3	M Labuschagne	Aus	2	52	2	v India	Perth	22 Nov 2024

M Labuschagne became the second batsman to score two runs facing 52 deliveries in a test innings against India. PS de Villers of South Africa had scored two runs facing 52 deliveries against India at Kanpur in Dec 1996

No	Player	Team	Runs	BF	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	PS de Villiers	SAF	2	52	4	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
2	M Labuschagne	Aus	2	52	2	v India	Perth	22 Nov 2024

M Labuschagne holds the Australian record for slowest two runs in terms of balls faced. The previous record was held by JN Gillespe who had scored two runs against India in Chennai in Mar 2001. M Labuschagne is the first Australian batsman to score two runs facing 50 plus deliveries

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Labuschagne	2	52	2	v India	Perth	22 Nov 2024
2	JN Gillespie	2	47	3	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001