V Kohli and M Vijay require one more score of fifty plus to join the following Indian batsmen who have scored ten or more fifties against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {27}, VVS Laxman {18}, R Dravid {15}, GR Viswanath {13}, SM Gavaskar {12} and V Sehwag {12}. They would become the seventh and eighth Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat

V Kohli when he leads India against Australia in the first test at Pune, he would earn the distinction of becoming the 12^th captain to lead India against Australia on Indian soil. The following table shows the performance of other eleven Indian captains against Australia at home

No	Captain	M	W	L	T	D
1	PR Umrigar	3	0	2	0	1
2	GS Ramchand	5	1	2	0	2
3	MAK Pataudi	8	2	4	0	2
4	SM Gavaskar	6	2	0	0	4
5	N Kapil Dev	3	0	0	1	2
6	SR Tendulkar	1	1	0	0	0
7	M Azharuddin	3	2	1	0	0
8	SC Ganguly	5	2	2	0	1
9	R Dravid	2	1	1	0	0
10	A Kumble	2	0	0	0	2
11	MS Dhoni	8	8	0	0	0

V Kohli requires two more scores of fifty plus runs to become the fourth Indian captain to score five or more fifties against Australia. Others are – MAK Pataudi {09}, MS Dhoni {06} and SM Gavaskar {05}

V Kohli requires 51 more runs for his 500 runs as Indian captain against Australia. If he gets them, he would then become the fifth Indian captain to score 500 plus runs against Australia. Others are – MAK Pataudi {829}, MS Dhoni {813}, SM Gavaskar {513} and M Azharuddin {503}

SPD Smith would become the 14^th captain to lead Australia against India in India when he walks for toss with V Kohli at Pune today

SPD Smith has an aggregate of 930 runs against India prior to the start of the ensuing series. He needs 70 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the eleventh Australian batsman to score 1000 plus runs against India. The following table list all the other ten batsmen

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	RT Ponting	29	51	4	2555	257	54.36	8	12	4
2	MJ Clarke	22	40	2	2049	329*	53.92	7	6	2
3	ML Hayden	18	35	3	1888	203	59.00	6	8	2
4	AR Border	20	35	5	1567	163	52.23	4	9	2
5	DC Boon	11	20	3	1204	135	70.82	6	2	0
6	RB Simpson	11	21	0	1125	176	53.57	4	6	0
7	SR Waugh	18	31	5	1090	150	41.92	2	5	3
8	SM Katich	14	26	3	1088	125	47.30	2	6	0
9	MEK Hussey	14	24	2	1078	150*	49.00	3	4	2
10	JL Langer	14	26	0	1047	223	40.26	3	4	3