Fourth day Australia Vs India Melbourne

Aus was 133 for 6 at the end of the third day was dismissed for 200 in the last over before Lunch. Aus added 67 runs.

Australia was dismissed all out for a total of exact 200 runs in the third innings of the test to provide the eighth occasion of a team dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Pak	200	3	Eng	Lahore	21 Oct 1961
2	NZl	200	3	Pak	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969
3	NZl	200	3	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973
4	Aus	200	3	Win	St John’s	07 Apr 1984
5	Srl	200	3	Pak	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985
6	Zim	200	3	Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996
7	Ind	200	3	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
8	Aus	200	3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the second occasion of Australia dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in the third innings of a test.  Prior to this Australia was dismissed for an exact 200 runs in the third innings of a test against West Indies at St John’s in Apr 1984. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	200	3	Win	St John’s	07 Apr 1984
2	Aus	200	3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Australia was dismissed all out for a total of exact 200 runs in the third innings of the test to provide the first occasion of a team dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in a test innings against India.

R Ashwin’s two wickets in Australia’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 375 test wickets. He now stands fourth in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets. Others are – A Kumble {619}, N Kapil Dev {434} and Harbhajan Singh {417}

He now stands third in the list of Indian spin bowlers who have captured most wickets. Others are – A Kumble {619} and Harbhajan Singh {417}

The following table lists the seven spin bowlers who have an aggregate of 375 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket. R Ashwin joined this elite list as the seventh bowler

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
4	HMRKB Herath	Srl	093	170	25993	12157	433
5	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417
6	NM Lyon	Aus	098	186	24857	12460	394
7	R Ashwin	Ind	073	136	20097	9459	375

R Ashwin became the 20^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 375 plus wickets.

India won this test by eight wickets to carve its 29^th win against Australia. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	119 runs	Aus	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
2	India	won	2 wkts	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	10 Oct 1964
3	India	won	7 wkts	Aus	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
4	India	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
5	India	won	inns & 2 runs	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
6	India	won	153 runs	Aus	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
7	India	won	inns & 100 runs	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
8	India	won	59 runs	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
9	India	won	7 wkts	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
10	India	won	179 runs	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
11	India	won	inns & 219 runs	Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
12	India	won	171 runs	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
13	India	won	2 wkts	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
14	India	won	4 wkts	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
15	India	won	13 runs	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
16	India	won	72 runs	Aus	Perth	16 Jan 2008
17	India	won	320 runs	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
18	India	won	172 runs	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
19	India	won	1 wkts	Aus	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
20	India	won	7 wkts	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
21	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
22	India	won	inns & 135 runs	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
23	India	won	6 wkts	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
24	India	won	6 wkts	Aus	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
25	India	won	75 runs	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
26	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
27	India	won	31 runs	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
28	India	won	137 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
29	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

India won this test by eight wickets to carve its eighth win against Australia in Australia. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
2	India	won	inns & 2 runs	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
3	India	won	59 runs	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
4	India	won	4 wkts	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
5	India	won	72 runs	Aus	Perth	16 Jan 2008
6	India	won	31 runs	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
7	India	won	137 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
8	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

India won this test by eight wickets to carve its fourth win against Australia at Melbourne. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
2	India	won	59 runs	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
3	India	won	137 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
4	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

India has won nine tests when AM Rahane has scored centuries. The following table lists the centuries scored by AM Rahane

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	Res
1	103	1	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014	Won
2	126	3	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015	Won
3	127	1	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Won
4	100*	3	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Won
5	188	1	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Won
6	132	1	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017	Won
7	102	3	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019	Won
8	115	1	SAF	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Won
9	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Won

India has drawn three tests when AM Rahane has scored centuries. The following table lists the centuries scored by AM Rahane

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	Res
1	118	2	NZl	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Draw
2	147	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014	Draw
3	108*	2	Win	Kingston	30 Jul 2015	Draw

AM Rahane has scored 12 centuries in his test career upto the end of this test. India has won nine tests in which AM Rahane has scored centuries and three tests have ended in draw when AM Rahane scored centuries. Thus India is yet to lose a test when AM Rahane has scored a century.

Australia lost this test by eight wickets to provide its 100^th loss on home soil. Australia became the second team in the annals of test cricket to lose 100 plus tests on home soil after England. England has lost 123 tests.

Melbourne test was the 100^th test between India and Australia. India has won 29 tests, Australia has lost 43 tests, one test was tied and  27 tests have ended in draw.

AM Rahane completed 1000 runs against Australia when he was on 24 during his knock of 27 not out in India’s second innings. At the end of the test, his run aggregate against Australia read 1003. He became the 12^th Indian batsman to achieve such a feat. The following table lists all these twelve batsmen.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	SR Tendulkar	39	74	8	3630	241*
2	VVS Laxman	29	54	5	2434	281
3	R Dravid	32	60	6	2143	233
4	V Sehwag	22	43	1	1738	195
5	CA Pujara	18	33	2	1685	204
6	V Kohli	20	36	1	1682	169
7	SM Gavaskar	20	31	1	1550	172
8	GR Viswanath	18	31	2	1538	161*
9	SC Ganguly	24	44	4	1403	144
10	M Vijay	15	28	0	1324	167
11	DB Vengsarkar	24	38	4	1304	164*
12	AM Rahane	15	28	3	1003	147