India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 230th occasion of India doing so in a test. It also provides the 39^th occasion of India doing so in a test against Australia.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 93^rd occasion of India doing so in a test played on away soil. It also provides the 20th occasion of India doing so in a test against Australia in Australia.

YBK Jaiswal of India was dismissed first ball – leg before wicket by MA Starc of Australia in the on-going test at Adelaide between Australia and India to provide the 35^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Season
1	AC MacLaren	A Coningham	England	Australia	Melbourne	1894/95
2	TW Hayward	AEE Vogler	England	South Africa	The Oval	1907
3	W Bardsley	MW Tate	Australia	England	Leeds	1926
4	H Sutcliffe	FT Badcock	England	New Zealand	Christchurch	1932/33
5	TS Worthington	EL McCormick	England	Australia	Brisbane	1936/37
6	CC Hunte	Fazal Mahmood	West Indies	Pakistan	Port-of-Spain	1957/58
7	EJ Barlow	GD McKenzie	South Africa	Australia	Durban	1966/67
8	RC Fredericks	S Abid Ali	West Indies	India	Port-of-Spain	1970/71
9	KR Stackpole	RJ Hadlee	Australia	New Zealand	Auckland	1973/74
10	SM Gavaskar	GG Arnold	India	England	Birmingham	1974
11	SS Naik	AME Roberts	India	West Indies	Kolkata	1974/75
12	JFM Morrison	GG Arnold	New Zealand	England	Christchurch	1974/75
13	Mohsin Khan	N Kapil Dev	Pakistan	India	Jullundur	1983/84
14	SM Gavaskar	MD Marshall	India	West Indies	Kolkata	1983/84
15	SM Gavaskar	Imran Khan	India	Pakistan	Jaipur	1986/87
16	WV Raman	RJ Hadlee	India	New Zealand	Napier	1989/90
17	SJ Cook	N Kapil Dev	South Africa	India	Durban	1992/93
18	G Kirsten	CEL Ambrose	South Africa	West Indies	Cape Town	1998/99
19	ST Jayasuriya	GD McGrath	Sri Lanka	Australia	Galle	1999
20	LV Garrick	AA Donald	West Indies	South Africa	Kingston	2000/01
21	SS Das	M Dillon	India	West Indies	Bridgetown	2001/02
22	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Bangladesh	West Indies	Dhaka	2002/03
23	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Bangladesh	West Indies	Gros Islet	2004
24	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Bangladesh	West Indies	Kingston	2004
25	W Jaffer	M Mortaza	India	Bangladesh	Chittagong (CDS)	2007
26	D Ganga	RJ Sidebottom	West Indies	England	Ch-le-St	2007
27	TG McIntosh	Mohd Aamer	New Zealand	Pakistan	Dunedin	2009/10
28	AJ Strauss	DW Steyn	England	South Africa	Johannesburg	2009/10
29	CH Gayle	RAS Lakmal	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Pallekele	2010/11
30	FDM Karunaratne	MA Starc	Sri Lanka	Australia	Galle	2016
31	KL Rahul	RAS Lakmal	India	Sri Lanka	Kolkata	2017/18
32	D Elgar	JM Anderson	South Africa	England	Centurion	2019/20
33	Abdul Malik (1)	B Muzarabani	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	2020/21
34	RJ Burns	MA Starc	England	Australia	Brisbane	2021/22
35	YBK Jaiswal	MA Starc	India	Australia	Adelaide	2024/25

YBK Jaiswal of India was dismissed by the first ball – leg before wicket by MA Starc of Australia in the on-going test at Adelaide between Australia and India to provide the ninth occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Season
1	SM Gavaskar	GG Arnold	India	England	Birmingham	1974
2	SS Naik	AME Roberts	India	West Indies	Kolkata	1974/75
3	SM Gavaskar	MD Marshall	India	West Indies	Kolkata	1983/84
4	SM Gavaskar	Imran Khan	India	Pakistan	Jaipur	1986/87
5	WV Raman	RJ Hadlee	India	New Zealand	Napier	1989/90
6	SS Das	M Dillon	India	West Indies	Bridgetown	2001/02
7	W Jaffer	M Mortaza	India	Bangladesh	Chittagong (CDS)	2007
8	KL Rahul	RAS Lakmal	India	Sri Lanka	Kolkata	2017/18
9	YBK Jaiswal	MA Starc	India	Australia	Adelaide	2024/25

YBK Jaiswal of India was dismissed by the first ball – leg before wicket by MA Starc of Australia in the on-going test at Adelaide between Australia and India to provide the seventh occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket by an Australian bowler. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Season
1	AC MacLaren	A Coningham	England	Australia	Melbourne	1894/95
2	TS Worthington	EL McCormick	England	Australia	Brisbane	1936/37
3	EJ Barlow	GD McKenzie	South Africa	Australia	Durban	1966/67
4	ST Jayasuriya	GD McGrath	Sri Lanka	Australia	Galle	1999
5	FDM Karunaratne	MA Starc	Sri Lanka	Australia	Galle	2016
6	RJ Burns	MA Starc	England	Australia	Brisbane	2021/22
7	YBK Jaiswal	MA Starc	India	Australia	Adelaide	2024/25

MA Starc of Australia and PT Collins of Bangladesh are the two bowlers in the annals of test cricket to dismiss the batsmen by the first ball of a test on three occasions. 

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Season
1	FDM Karunaratne	MA Starc	Sri Lanka	Australia	Galle	2016
2	RJ Burns	MA Starc	England	Australia	Brisbane	2021/22
3	YBK Jaiswal	MA Starc	India	Australia	Adelaide	2024/25
1	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Bangladesh	West Indies	Dhaka	2002/03
2	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Bangladesh	West Indies	Gros Islet	2004
3	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Bangladesh	West Indies	Kingston	2004

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings which fetched him 57 wickets against India. He now occupies the second place in the list of Australian bowlers who have captured most wickets against India. NM Lyon has captured 123 wickets against India.

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings which fetched him 57 wickets against India. He now owns the record for most wickets captured by Australian pace bowlers against India. He went past JR Hazlewood who has an aggregate of 56 wickets

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings which fetched him 57 wickets against India. He now owns the record for most wickets captured by Australian left arm pace bowlers against India.

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings to provide his first wicket haul against India. The previous best was four for 53 at Adelaide in Dec 2020

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets conceding 48 runs in India’s first innings to provide his best bowling figures in a test innings. The previous best was his six for 50 against Sri Lanka at Galle in Aug 2016.

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings to provide his first 15^th five wicket haul of his test career as a left arm pace bowler. He now owns the record for most five wicket hauls by an Australian left arm pace bowler. He went past AK Davdidson who has taken 14 five wicket hauls

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings to provide his 15^th five wicket haul of his test career as a left arm pace bowler. He became the second left arm pace bowler to capture fifteen five wicket hauls in the annals of test cricket. Wasim Akram of Pakistan has captured 25 five wicket hauls.

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings to provide his eighth five wicket haul of his test career as a left arm pace bowler on home soil. He became the second Australian left arm pace bowler to capture eight five wicket hauls in the annals of test cricket on home soil. AK Davidson has captured eight five wicket hauls on home soil

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings to provide his eighth five wicket haul of his test career as a left arm pace bowler on home soil. He became the third left arm pace bowler to capture eight five wicket hauls in the annals of test cricket on home soil. AK Davidson and Wasim Akram have captured eight five wicket hauls on home soil

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings to provide his fourth five wicket haul of his test career in day-night tests. He is the only bowler to capture four five wicket hauls in day-night tests.

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings fetched him 72 wickets day-night tests. He became the first bowler in the history of day-night tests to capture 70 plus wickets

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings to provide the 29^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings day-night tests. He became the ninth Australian bowler to capture five wicket or more wicket hauls in an innings in day-night tests.

MA Starc of Australia captured six wickets in India’s first innings fetched him 44 wickets against India in Australia. He became the first Australian left arm pace bowler to capture 40 plus wickets against India in Australia

PJ Cummins has an aggregate of 38 wickets against India in Australia prior to the start of this test. Two more wickets would fetch him 40 wickets. He captured two wickets in India’s first innings to become the fifth Australian bowler to capture 40 plus wickets against India in Australia.

M Labuschagne has an aggregate of 894 runs in day-night tests prior to the start of this test. He needs six more runs which would fetch him 900 runs. He scored 20 not out at the end of the first day’s play in Australian first innings and his aggregate read 914. He became the first batsman to score 900 plus runs in day-night tests.