Third day’s play

Nitish Kumar Reddy-Washington Sundar posted 127 runs for the eighth wicket in India’s first innings of this test to provide the 113^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia. It also provides the 57^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in Australia.

Nitish Kumar Reddy-Washington Sundar posted 127 runs for the eighth wicket in India’s first innings of this test to provide the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia for the eighth wicket. It also provides the eighth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in Australia for the eighth wicket.

Nitish Kumar Reddy-Washington Sundar posted 127 runs for the eighth wicket in India’s first innings of this test to provide the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia for the eighth wicket at Melbourne and hence constitutes a record partnership for the eighth wicket at Melbourne. The previous best was 74 runs partnership for the eighth wicket was the 74 runs partnership between MAK Patuadi and RF Surti in Dec 1967. These two partnerships represent the two fifty plus runs partnerships by Indian batsmen against Australia at Melbourne.

Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 105 not out in India’s innings at the close of play on the third day to provide the 90^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia. It also provides the 49th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia in Australia.

Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 105 not out in India’s innings at the close of play on the third day to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia batting at number eight. Prior to this WP Saha had scored 117 at Ranchi in Mar 2017 batting at number eight. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia in Australia batting at number eight.

Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 105 not out in India’s innings at the close of play on the third day to provide the first occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia  batting at number eight at Melbourne. It represents the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against Australia at Melbourne. In fact it represents the first fifty by an Indian batsman against Australia at Melbourne. The previous Prior to this WP Saha had scored 117 at Ranchi in Mar 2017 batting at number eight. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia in Australia batting at number eight.

Washington Sundar scored 50 in India’s first innings batting at number nine to provide the eighth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty batting at number nine against Australia. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty batting at number nine against Australia in Australia.

Washington Sundar scored 50 in India’s first innings batting at number nine to provide the eighth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty batting at number nine against Australia at Melbourne. The other occasion was KS More’s 67 not out in Dec 1991

Washington Sundar scored 50 in India’s first innings to provide the ninth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring an exact fifty in an innings Australia. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring an exact fifty in an innings Australia in Australia.

Washington Sundar was dismissed for 50 in India’s first innings to provide the 50th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for an exact fifty in an innings. It also provides the 27th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for an exact fifty in an innings on away soil.

Fourth day’s play

PJ Cummins, SC Boland and NM Lyon captured three wickets each in India’s first innings to provide the 34^th occasion of three Australian bowlers capturing three wickets each in an innings against various oppositions. It also provides the first such occasion against India.

M Labuschagne scored 72 and 70 in this test to provide the 123^rd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test. It also provides the 74^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test on home soil.

M Labuschagne scored 72 and 70 in this test to provide the 23^rd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RB Simpson	67	71	v India	Eden Gardens	17 Oct 1964
2	KD Walters	93	62*	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968
3	WM Lawry	66	52	v India	Sydney	26 Jan 1968
4	PM Toohey	82	57	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
5	WM Darling	65	56	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
6	DF Whatmore	77	54	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
7	KJ Hughes	92	64*	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979
8	AC Gilchrist	78	55	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
9	ML Hayden	97	67	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001
10	ME Waugh	70	57	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
11	RT Ponting	54	50	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
12	MJ Clarke	91	73	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004
13	PA Jaques	66	51	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007
14	RT Ponting	77	72	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
15	RT Ponting	62	60	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
16	MC Henriques	68	81*	v India	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
17	PM Siddle	51	50	v India	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
18	CJL Rogers	55	55	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
19	CJL Rogers	57	69	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
20	JA Burns	58	66	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
21	CJL Rogers	95	56	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
22	M Labuschagne	91	73	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
23	M Labuschagne	72	70	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024

MS Labuschagne became the third Australian batsman to score fifties in both innings of a test on two or more occasions against India

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CJL Rogers	55	55	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
2	CJL Rogers	57	69	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
3	CJL Rogers	95	56	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
1	M Labuschagne	91	73	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
2	M Labuschagne	72	70	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024
1	RT Ponting	54	50	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
2	RT Ponting	77	72	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
3	RT Ponting	62	60	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011

M Labuschagne scored 72 and 70 in this test to provide the 14^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test on home soil against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KD Walters	93	62*	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968
2	WM Lawry	66	52	v India	Sydney	26 Jan 1968
3	PM Toohey	82	57	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
4	WM Darling	65	56	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
5	AC Gilchrist	78	55	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
6	RT Ponting	54	50	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
7	PA Jaques	66	51	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007
8	RT Ponting	62	60	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
9	CJL Rogers	55	55	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
10	CJL Rogers	57	69	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
11	JA Burns	58	66	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
12	CJL Rogers	95	56	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
13	M Labuschagne	91	73	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
14	M Labuschagne	72	70	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024

MS Labuschagne became the third Australian batsman to score fifties in both innings of a test on two or more occasions against india on home soil

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CJL Rogers	55	55	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
2	CJL Rogers	57	69	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
3	CJL Rogers	95	56	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
1	M Labuschagne	91	73	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
2	M Labuschagne	72	70	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024
1	RT Ponting	54	50	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
2	RT Ponting	62	60	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011

Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney have witnessed four or more occasions of Australian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. Melbourne has witnessed five such occasions

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KD Walters	93	62*	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968
2	PM Toohey	82	57	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
3	RT Ponting	54	50	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
4	CJL Rogers	55	55	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
1	AC Gilchrist	78	55	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
2	PA Jaques	66	51	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007
3	RT Ponting	62	60	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
4	CJL Rogers	57	69	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
5	M Labuschagne	72	70	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024
1	WM Lawry	66	52	v India	Sydney	26 Jan 1968
2	JA Burns	58	66	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
3	CJL Rogers	95	56	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
4	M Labuschagne	91	73	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 2021

JJ Bumrah’s aggregate of wickets in his test career read 202 at the end of the fourth day’s play in this test. He became the 12^th Indian bowler to aggregate 200 plus wickets. He also became the sixth Indian pace bowler to aggregate 200 plus wickets.

JJ Bumrah’s aggregate of wickets in his test career read 155 on away soil at the end of the fourth day’s play in this test. He became the seventh Indian bowler to aggregate 200 plus wickets on away soil. He also became fouth Indian pace bowler to aggregate 150 plus wickets on away soil.

JJ Bumrah’s aggregate of wickets in his test career read 61 against Australia on away soil at the end of the fourth day’s play in this test. He became the first Indian bowler to aggregate 60 plus wickets on away soil against Australia. Kapil Dev and JJ Bumrah are the two bowlers to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia in Australia.

SPD Smith held one catch in India’s first innings and his aggregate of catches as a fieldsman read 190 at the close of fourth day’s play in this test. He became the second Australian fieldsman to pouch 190 plus catches. RT Ponting has pouched 196 catches

SPD Smith held one catch in India’s first innings and his aggregate of catches as a fieldsman read 107 on home soil at the close of fourth day’s play in this test. RT Ponting has pouched 109 catches on home soilt

SPD Smith held one catch in India’s first innings and his aggregate of catches as a fieldsman read 35 against India at the close of fourth day’s play in this test. He became the second Australian fieldsman to pouch 35 plus catches against India. RT Ponting has pouched 36 catches

SPD Smith held one catch in India’s first innings and his aggregate of catches as a fieldsman read 19 on home soil against India at the close of fourth day’s play in this test. He now owns the record for an Australian fieldsman against India on home soil. He went past ME Waugh who had pouched 18 catches against India in Australia

RR Pant held two catches in Australia’s second innings which fetched him 51 catches against Australia. He became the second Indian wicket keeper to pouch 50 plus catches against Australia. MS Dhoni has pouched 56 catches.

RR Pant held two catches in Australia’s second innings which fetched him 51 catches against Australia in Australia. He became the first Indian wicket keeper to pouch 50 plus catches against Australia in Australia

RR Pant held two catches in Australia’s second innings which fetched him 51 catches against Australia. He became the twelfth wicket keeper to pouch 50 plus catches in the annals of test cricket against Australia.

RR Pant effected two dismissals in Australia’s second innings which fetched him 51 dismissals against Australia. He became the twelfth wicket keeper to effect 50 plus catches in the annals of test cricket against Australia.

RR Pant effected two dismissals in Australia’s second innings which fetched him 51 dismissals against Australia in Australia He became the first wicket keeper to effect 50 plus catches in the annals of test cricket against Australia in Australia

RR Pant held two catches in Australia’s second innings which fetched him 51 catches against Australia in Australia. He became the first wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to pouch 50 plus catches against Australia in Australia

PJ Cummins three wickets in India’s first innings fetched him 122 wickets while leading Australia. He became the second Australian captain to capture 120 plus wickets. R Benaud has an aggregate of 138 wickets when he led Australia

PJ Cummins three wickets in India’s first innings fetched him 122 wickets while leading Australia. He became the third captain in the annals of test cricket to capture 120 plus wickets. Imran Khan {187} and R Benaud {138} are the other two captains who have captured 120 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket.

JJ Bumrah has captured eight wickets in this test at the end of fourth day’s play to provide the eighth occasion of his capturing eight or more wickets in a test match. He became the second Indian pace bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test match on eight or more occasions.  Kapil Dev is the other Indian pace bowler to perform such a feat on nine occasions. The following table lists the performance of these two bowlers

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	34.5	07	086	09	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
2	JJ Bumrah	39.4	06	110	09	v England	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021
3	JJ Bumrah	19.0	08	047	08	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
4	JJ Bumrah	21.5	01	086	08	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024
5	JJ Bumrah	33.1	09	091	09	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024
6	JJ Bumrah	30.0	07	072	08	v Australia	Perth	22 Nov 2024
7	JJ Bumrah	34.0	10	094	09	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Dec 2024
8	JJ Bumrah	52.4	16	155	08	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024
1	N Kapil Dev	46.4	14	121	09	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Dec 1979
2	N Kapil Dev	42.4	12	146	11	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
3	N Kapil Dev	53.0	09	168	08	v England	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
4	N Kapil Dev	47.2	05	207	08	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
5	N Kapil Dev	30.5	07	085	08	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
6	N Kapil Dev	38.3	06	118	08	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983
7	N Kapil Dev	57.3	15	135	10	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
8	N Kapil Dev	41.0	07	109	08	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985
9	N Kapil Dev	74.0	23	163	08	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992

JJ Bumrah has captured eight wickets in this test at the end of fourth day’s play to provide the fourth occasion of his capturing eight or more wickets in a test match against Australia. He is the only Indian pace bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test match on four occasions. 

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	34.5	07	086	09	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
2	JJ Bumrah	30.0	07	072	08	v Australia	Perth	22 Nov 2024
3	JJ Bumrah	34.0	10	094	09	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Dec 2024
4	JJ Bumrah	52.4	16	155	08	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024

JJ Bumrah has captured eight wickets in this test at the end of fourth day’s play to provide the fourth occasion of his capturing eight or more wickets in a test match against Australia. He is the only Indian pace bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test match on two occasions at Melbourne

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	34.5	07	086	09	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
2	JJ Bumrah	52.4	16	155	08	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024

JJ Bumrah has captured eight wickets in this test at the end of fourth day’s play. He became the second Indian pace bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test match on two occasions at a specific venue in Australia. JJ Bumrah has performed such a feat on two occasions at Melbourne while  Kapil Dev is the other Indian pace bowler to perform such a feat on two occasions at Adelaide. The following table lists the performance of these two bowlers

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	34.5	07	086	09	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
2	JJ Bumrah	52.4	16	155	08	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024
1	N Kapil Dev	41.0	07	109	08	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985
2	N Kapil Dev	74.0	23	163	08	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992

NM Lyon’s three wickets in India’s first innings fetched him 66 wickets against India in Australia.  He became the first Australian bowler to capture 65 plus wickets against India in Australia and thus holds the record for most wickets by an Australian bowler against India in Australia.

NM Lyon’s three wickets in India’s first innings fetched him 66 wickets against India in Australia.  He became the fourth bowler to capture 65 plus wickets against India on home soil in the annals of test cricket. Others are –  JM Anderson {105}, Imran Khan {67} and M Muralitharan {65}.