Maharashta Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, became the 25^th ground to host a test match in India. India became the first team in the annals of test cricket to host test matches on 25 test grounds.

Australia won the toss in this test to provide the 179^th occasion of Australia winning the toss on away soil. Australia batted first in this test to provide the 153^rd occasion of Australia batting first after winning the toss on away soil.

Australia won the toss in this test to provide the 28th occasion of Australia winning the toss against India in India. Australia batted first in this test to provide the 26th occasion of Australia batting first after winning the toss against India in India.

India opened the bowling through spinner R Ashwin. R Ashwin has opened the bowling in ten innings for India including this innings.

R Ashwin became the fifth bowler in the annals of test cricket to open the bowling as a spin bowler in ten or more innings. Others are – H Trumble of Australia {15 innings},  E Peate of England {14 innings}. R Peel of England {12 innings} and GE Palmer of Australia {10 innings}

R Ashwin’s wicket aggregate of wickets when he has opened the bowling as a spinner read 31 at the end of the first day of this test. He now stands joint second in the list of bowlers who have taken most wickets under this category of statistics. H Trumble {62}, GE Palmer {31} and R Ashwin {31} are the three bowlers in that order

R Ashwin became the fifth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 30 plus wickets as a spin bowler who has opened the bowling. H Trumble {62}, GE Palmer {31, R Ashwin {31}, E Peate {30} and R Peel {30} are the five bowlers who have accomplished the feat

MT Renshaw scored 68 in the first innings of this test to provide the 51^st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against India after winning the toss. It also provides the 31^st occasion of an Australian left hand opening batsman scoring a fifty against India after winning the toss.

MT Renshaw earned the distinction of scoring the first boundary six at this ground. His boundary six provides the 101^st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a six against India in India. He became the 47^th   Australian batsman to score a boundary six against India in India

MT Renshae became the ninth Australian opening batsman to score a boundary six against India in India. He also became the fifth Australian left handed batsman to score a boundary six against India in India

MA Starc and JR Hazzlewood added 51 runs in an unfinished partnership at the end of the first day to provide the  sixth occasion of Australian batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the last wicket in a test innings against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AG Hurst, JR Thomson	10	50	3	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
2	JD Higgs, KJ Wright	10	52	2	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
3	AR Border, DR Gilbert	10	77	3	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985
4	MC Henriques, NM Lyon	10	66	3	v India	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
5	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51	2	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
6	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51*	1	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017

MA Starc and JR Hazzlewood added 51 runs in an unfinished partnership at the end of the first day to provide the third occasion of Australian batsmen posting fifty plus runs  partnership for the last wicket in a test innings against India in India . All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JD Higgs, KJ Wright	10	52	2	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
2	MC Henriques, NM Lyon	10	66	3	v India	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
3	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51*	1	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017

MA Starc and JR Hazzlewood added 51 runs in an unfinished partnership at the end of the first day to provide the  second occasion of this pair posting fifty plus runs  partnership for the last wicket in a test innings against India in India .Both the occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51	2	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
2	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51*	1	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017

MA Starc and JR Hazzlewood became the seventh pair of batsmen in the annals of test cricket to post 50 plus runs partnership for the tenth wicket on two or more occasions. All the seven pairs who have accomplished such a feat are listed below

No	Partners	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	100	50	50+
1	TA Boult, BJ Watling	NZl	3	0	244	127	81.33	1	2	3
2	TM Alderman, GF Lawson	Aus	2	0	111	59	55.50	0	2	2
3	PJW Allott, RGD Willis	Eng	2	0	126	70	63.00	0	2	2
4	ST Callaway, AE Trott	Aus	2	0	145	81	72.50	0	2	2
5	AA Donald, SM Pollock	SAF	2	0	125	72	62.50	0	2	2
6	JN Gillespie, GD McGrath	Aus	2	0	180	114	90.00	1	1	2
7	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	Aus	2	1	102	51*	102.00	0	2	2

The following table lists the performance of the above seven pairs in more detail such as opposition, ground and date

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TA Boult, BJ Watling	10	59	2	NZl	SAF	Port Elizabeth	11 Jan 2013
	TA Boult, BJ Watling	10	127	1	NZl	Ban	Chittagong	09 Oct 2013
	TA Boult, BJ Watling	10	58	1	NZl	Win	Wellington	11 Dec 2013
2	ST Callaway, AE Trott	10	81	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
	ST Callaway, AE Trott	10	64	3	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
3	TM Alderman, GF Lawson	10	52	1	Aus	Pak	Lahore	14 Oct 1982
	TM Alderman, GF Lawson	10	59	3	Aus	Win	Perth	09 Nov 1984
4	JN Gillespie, GD McGrath	10	66	1	Aus	Win	Port of Spain	05 Mar 1999
	JN Gillespie, GD McGrath	10	114	2	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004
5	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51*	1	Aus	Ind	Pune	23 Feb 2017
6	PJW Allott, RGD Willis	10	56	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
	PJW Allott, RGD Willis	10	70	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
7	AA Donald, SM Pollock	10	72	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	14 Dec 1995
	AA Donald, SM Pollock	10	53	2	SAF	Pak	Durban	26 Feb 1998

ST Callaway-AE Trott and JR Hazzlewood-MA Starc are the only two pairs of Australian batsmen to post the tenth wicket partnership of fifty plus runs on two occasions against the same opposition. ST Callaway-AE Trott accomplished this feat in the same test – by posting fifty plus runs partnership for the tenth wicket in both innings of the test

Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
ST Callaway, AE Trott	10	81	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
ST Callaway, AE Trott	10	64	3	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	10	51*	1	Aus	Ind	Pune	23 Feb 2017

MA Starc and JR Hazzlewood became the fourth pair of Australian batsmen to post 50 plus runs partnership for the tenth wicket on two or more occasions. All the four pairs who have accomplished such a feat are listed below

No	Partners	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	100	50	50+
2	TM Alderman, GF Lawson	Aus	2	0	111	59	55.50	0	2	2
4	ST Callaway, AE Trott	Aus	2	0	145	81	72.50	0	2	2
6	JN Gillespie, GD McGrath	Aus	2	0	180	114	90.00	1	1	2
7	JR Hazlewood, MA Starc	Aus	2	1	102	51*	102.00	0	2	2

MA Starc scored 57 not out in this innings to provide the 97^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MG Johnson	88	2	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
2	SK Warne	86	1	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999
3	GB Hogg	79	1	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
4	WM Darling	59	2	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
5	MA Starc	57*	1	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017
6	KJ Wright	55*	2	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979