Australia Vs India First Test at Perth Fourth day highlights

Australia Vs India First Test at Perth Fourth day highlights

India set a target a fourth innings target of 534 runs for Australia to win this test to provide the 16th occasion of Australia set a fourth innings target of 500 plus runs for the opposition to win a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamTarIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Australia7424v EnglandBrisbane30 Nov 1928
2Australia6324v South AfricaW.A.C.A30 Nov 2012
3Australia6124v South AfricaJohannesburg30 Mar 2018
4Australia6034v PakistanAbu Dhabi30 Oct 2014
5Australia5834v EnglandLord’s18 Jul 2013
6Australia5744v West IndiesAdelaide26 Jan 1980
7Australia5704v South AfricaGqeberha05 Mar 1970
8Australia5524v West IndiesBridgetown19 Apr 1991
9Australia5464v EnglandThe Oval20 Aug 2009
10Australia5394v South AfricaW.A.C.A03 Nov 2016
11Australia5384v PakistanAbu Dhabi16 Oct 2018
12Australia5344v IndiaPerth22 Nov 2024
13Australia5324v EnglandAdelaide13 Jan 1933
14Australia5224v EnglandLord’s16 Jul 2009
15Australia5164v IndiaMohali17 Oct 2008
16Australia5064v EnglandManchester13 Aug 1981

Australia has been set a fourth innings target of 500 plus to win for the second time by India. The first such occasion was in Oct 2008 at Mohali. Australia was set a fourth innings target of 516 runs.

India won this test by 295 runs to provide the 17th occasion of India winning a test by 250 plus runs margin. It also provides the second occasion of India winning a test by 250 plus runs margin. The first such occasion was at Mohali in Oct 2008 when India won by 320 runs margin. There are 18 occasions of Australia losing a test by 250 plus runs including this test

V Kohli 100 not out in this test provides the 14th century in India’s winning tests. He now occupies the third place in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most centuries in India’s winning tests. SR Tendulkar {20} and R Dravid {15} occupy the first two places.

V Kohli has an aggregate runs of 4746 in India’s winning tests. He now occupies the third place in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most runs in India’s winning tests. SR Tendulkar {5946} and R Dravid {5131} occupy the first two places.

V Kohli 100 not out in this test provides the fourth century in India’s winning tests on away soil. Other Indian batsmen to score four or more centuries in India’s winning tests on away soil are – SR Tendulkar {09}, R Dravid {07}, CA Pujara {06} and AM Rahane {05}

V Kohli has an aggregate runs of 2147 against Australia. He now occupies the third place in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most runs against Australia  SR Tendulkar {3630} and VVS Laxman {2434} occupy the first two places. V Kohli went past R Dravid {2143} to occupy the third place.

V Kohli 100 not out in this test provides his ninth century against Australia. SR Tendulkar has scored most centuries against Australia – elven centuries. V Kohli went past SM Gavaskar who has scored eight centuries against Australia to occupy the second place in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most centuries against Australia.

SPD Smith of Australia has an aggregate of 2059 runs against India at the end of this test. He now occupies the second place in the list of Australian batsmen who have scored most runs against India. RT Ponting with 2555 runs occupies the first place. SPD Smith went past MJ Clarke who has an aggregate of 2049 runs to occupy the second place

India won this test by 295 runs to provide the 33rd occasion of India winning a test against Australia. It also provides India’s tenth win against Australia in Australia.

India won this test by 295 runs to provide the fifth occasion of India winning a test against Australia by runs margin.  It also provides India’s largest win by runs margin against Australia in Australia. The previous largest win was by 222 runs at Melbourne in Dec 1977.  This was the test in which Bhagavat Chandrasekhar captured six for 52 in each innings of the test.

With eight wickets in this test, JJ Bumrah has an aggregate of 40 wickets against Australia. He became the 13th Indian bowler to aggregate 40 plus wickets against Australia.

With eight wickets in this test, JJ Bumrah has an aggregate of 40 wickets against Australia. He became the sixth Indian pace bowler to aggregate 40 plus wickets against Australia.

With eight wickets in this test, JJ Bumrah has the second eight plus wicket haul in tests against Australia. The first such occasion was his nine wicket haul at Melbourne in Dec 2018

JJ Bumrah has six eight plus wicket hauls in his test career. They are listed below

NoPlayerW-ROppositionGroundStart Date
1JJ Bumrah9-086v AustraliaMelbourne26 Dec 2018
2JJ Bumrah9-091v EnglandVisakhapatnam02 Feb 2024
3JJ Bumrah9-119v EnglandNottingham04 Aug 2021
4JJ Bumrah8-047v Sri LankaBengaluru12 Mar 2022
5JJ Bumrah8-072v AustraliaPerth22 Nov 2024
6JJ Bumrah8-086v South AfricaCape Town03 Jan 2024

V Kohli’s century in this test represent his ninth century against Australia. He became the seventh batsman to score nine or more centuries against Australia. Others are – JB Hobbs {12}, SR Tendulkar {11}, DI Gower {09}, WR Hammond {09}, BC Lara {09} and RB Richardson {09}

V Kohli’s century in this test represent his seventh century against Australia in Australia. He became the third batsman to score seven or more centuries against Australia in Australia. Others are – JB Hobbs {09} and WR Hammond {07}

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