It’s a known fact that any test series between two teams throws up some interesting statistics. I have unearthed a few such statistics in India-Australia test series which are interesting and would like to share with netizens

Test Cricket witnessed – perhaps for the first time – rival bowlers capturing 100 wickets in the same test against their opposition in India-Australia Test series R Ashwin for India captured his 100th wicket against Australia and NM Lyon captured 100 wickets against India. By a coincidence, R Ashwin and NM Lyon are off spin bowlers in their trade. This feat was achieved by the two bowlers at Delhi between India and Australia in Feb 2023

It is an amazing coincidence that two rival batsmen in India-Australia Test series ended with an identical number of runs against each other at the end of a test after completing 2000 plus runs against each other in the same test. Perhaps, the only occasion in the annals of test cricket

V Kohli’s aggregate runs against Australia read 2042 at the end of WTC Final between Australia and India at The Oval. He completed 2000 runs against Australia in this test. SPD Smith’s run aggregate against India read 2042 at the end of this test. He also completed 2000 runs against India in this test.

Player	Team	Opp	Span	Mat	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
V Kohli	Ind	Aus	2011-2023	25	44	1	2042	186	47.48	8	5	3
SPD Smith	Aus	Ind	2013-2023	19	37	6	2042	192	65.87	9	5	2

BS Chandrashekhar of India returned with figures of 6 for 52 in each innings against Australia at Melbourne in Dec 1977. S O”Keefe of Australia returned with identical figures of 6 for 35 in each innings against India at Pune in Feb 2017

This is the only occasion of rival bowlers capturing six wickets each in an innings conceding identical runs in the annals of test cricket in India-Australia test series.

You can add these records also to the list mentioned above : Three World records for V Kohli and SPD Smith in India-Australia test series 2014-15

V Kohli and SPD Smith notched four hundreds each in this series to provide the first ever occasion of rival batsmen scoring four hundreds in a series constituting a world record

V Kohli and SPD Smith notched four hundreds each coupled with 600 plus runs aggregate in this series to provide the first ever occasion of rival batsmen scoring four hundreds coupled with 600 plus runs in a series constituting a world record. V Kohli totalled 646 runs while SPD Smith aggregated 769 runs and both scored four hundreds in the series

V Kohli and SPD Smith scored three hundreds each in this series while leading their respective sides to provide the very first occasion of rival captains scoring three hundreds in a test series which is a world record.