CA Pujara and V Kohli added 170 runs in the ongoing test at Melbourne against Australia to provide the 26^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a partnership of 150 plus runs for various wickets against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare, DG Phadkar	6	188	2	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
2	M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar	2	193	3	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977
3	DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath	4	159	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979
4	SM Gavaskar, GR Viswanath	3	159	1	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
5	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	192	1	v Australia	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
6	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	165	3	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
7	SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth	1	191	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
8	M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar	2	224	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
9	RJ Shastri, DB Vengsarkar	6	298*	2	v Australia	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
10	RJ Shastri, SR Tendulkar	5	196	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1992
11	VVS Laxman, NS Sidhu	1	191	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
12	M Azharuddin, SC Ganguly	5	158	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
13	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	5	376	3	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
14	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	5	169	2	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
15	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	5	303	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
16	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	4	353	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
17	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	2	175	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
18	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	182	3	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
19	G Gambhir, VVS Laxman	4	278	1	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
20	SR Tendulkar, M Vijay	3	308	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
21	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	370	2	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
22	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	289	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
23	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	185	4	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
24	V Kohli, AM Rahane	4	262	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
25	CA Pujara, WP Saha	7	199	2	v Australia	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
26	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	170	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

CA Pujara and V Kohli added 170 runs in the ongoing test at Melbourne against Australia to provide the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a partnership of 150 plus runs for the third wicket against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar, GR Viswanath	3	159	1	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
2	SR Tendulkar, M Vijay	3	308	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
3	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	185	4	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
4	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	170	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

CA Pujara and V Kohli added 170 runs in the ongoing test at Melbourne against Australia to provide the 12^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a partnership of 150 plus runs for various wickets against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare, DG Phadkar	6	188	2	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
2	M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar	2	193	3	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977
3	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	165	3	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
4	SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth	1	191	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
5	M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar	2	224	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
6	RJ Shastri, SR Tendulkar	5	196	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1992
7	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	5	303	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
8	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	4	353	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
9	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	2	175	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
10	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	185	4	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
11	V Kohli, AM Rahane	4	262	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
12	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	170	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

CA Pujara and V Kohli added 170 runs in the ongoing test at Melbourne against Australia to provide the second occasion of Indian batsmen posting a partnership of 150 plus runs for the third wicket against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	185	4	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
2	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	170	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

CA Pujara and V Kohli added 170 runs in the ongoing test at Melbourne against Australia to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a partnership of 150 plus runs for various wickets against Australia at Melbourne. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	165	3	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
2	V Kohli, AM Rahane	4	262	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
3	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	170	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut against Australia in the ongoing test at Melbourne to provide the 90^th occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a fifty against Australia on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Jupp	63	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877
2	CA Absolom	52	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
3	WG Grace	152	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	06 Sep 1880
4	W Bates	58	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
5	WH Scotton	50*	3	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
6	G Bean	50	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892
7	Hon.FS Jackson	91	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
8	A Ward	55	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14 Aug 1893
9	JT Brown	53	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
10	KS Ranjitsinhji	62	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
11	KS Ranjitsinhji	154*	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
12	GH Hirst	62	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
13	GL Jessop	51	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	15 Jun 1899
14	LC Braund	58	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1901
15	LJ Tancred	97	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
16	AW Nourse	72	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
17	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
18	RH Spooner	52	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	24 Jul 1905
19	G Gunn	119	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
20	G Gunn	74	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
21	J Hardstaff snr	63	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
22	JB Hobbs	83	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
23	JH King	60	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	14 Jun 1909
24	J Sharp	61	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	01 Jul 1909
25	JW Hearne	76	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
26	FR Foster	56	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
27	EH Hendren	56	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
28	G Brown	57	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	02 Jul 1921
29	AP Freeman	50*	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
30	WW Whysall	75	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
31	GOB Allen	57	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
32	GC Grant	53*	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
33	LS Birkett	64	3	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
34	GC Grant	71*	3	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
35	Nawab of Pataudi snr	102	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
36	A Wood	53	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
37	DG Phadkar	51	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	12 Dec 1947
38	KJ Funston	65	4	SAF	Aus	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952
39	OG Smith	104	3	Win	Aus	Kingston	26 Mar 1955
40	PE Richardson	81	1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956
41	PE Richardson	73	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956
42	DA Sharpe	56	1	Pak	Aus	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959
43	Khalid Ibadulla	166	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
44	Abdul Kadir	95	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
45	AW White	57*	1	Win	Aus	Kingston	03 Mar 1965
46	BA Davis	54	1	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1965
47	BA Davis	58	3	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1965
48	RM Prideaux	64	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	25 Jul 1968
49	RC Fredericks	76	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
50	GR Viswanath	137	3	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
51	BW Luckhurst	74	2	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
52	AW Greig	57	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	08 Jun 1972
53	AW Greig	62	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	08 Jun 1972
54	B Wood	90	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
55	DS Steele	50	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
56	Haroon Rasheed	57	2	Pak	Aus	Sydney	14 Jan 1977
57	DL Haynes	61	2	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978
58	AE Greenidge	56	1	Win	Aus	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
59	S Shivnarine	53	1	Win	Aus	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
60	AB Williams	100	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
61	S Shivnarine	63	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
62	PJW Allott	52*	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
63	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Colombo SSC)	17 Aug 1992
64	GP Thorpe	114*	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	01 Jul 1993
65	BA Young	53	3	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993
66	CD McMillan	54	2	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
67	DRE Joseph	50	2	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	05 Mar 1999
68	TR Gripper	60	3	Zim	Aus	Harare	14 Oct 1999
69	L Vincent	104	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
70	L Vincent	54	3	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
71	AJ Hall	70	1	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002
72	GC Smith	68	3	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002
73	DS Smith	62	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003
74	CD Cumming	74	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005
75	KP Pietersen	57	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 2005
76	KP Pietersen	64*	4	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 2005
77	JP Duminy	50*	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
78	JA Morkel	58	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
79	IJL Trott	119	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
80	AB Barath	104	3	Win	Aus	Brisbane	26 Nov 2009
81	CA Pujara	72	4	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
82	F du Plessis	78	2	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
83	F du Plessis	110*	4	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
84	S Dhawan	187	2	Ind	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
85	SO Dowrich	70	3	Win	Aus	Roseau	03 Jun 2015
86	CR Brathwaite	59	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
87	HM Nicholls	59	3	NZl	Aus	Wellington	12 Feb 2016
88	Fakhar Zaman	94	1	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
89	Fakhar Zaman	66	3	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
90	MA Agarwal	76	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut against Australia in the ongoing test at Melbourne to provide the 37^th occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in Australia on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Jupp	63	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877
2	CA Absolom	52	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
3	W Bates	58	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
4	WH Scotton	50*	3	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
5	G Bean	50	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892
6	JT Brown	53	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
7	GH Hirst	62	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
8	LC Braund	58	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1901
9	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
10	G Gunn	119	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
11	G Gunn	74	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
12	J Hardstaff snr	63	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
13	JB Hobbs	83	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
14	JW Hearne	76	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
15	FR Foster	56	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
16	EH Hendren	56	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
17	AP Freeman	50*	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
18	WW Whysall	75	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
19	GC Grant	53*	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
20	LS Birkett	64	3	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
21	GC Grant	71*	3	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
22	Nawab of Pataudi snr	102	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
23	DG Phadkar	51	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	12 Dec 1947
24	KJ Funston	65	4	SAF	Aus	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952
25	RC Fredericks	76	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
26	BW Luckhurst	74	2	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
27	Haroon Rasheed	57	2	Pak	Aus	Sydney	14 Jan 1977
28	BA Young	53	3	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993
29	CD McMillan	54	2	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
30	L Vincent	104	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
31	L Vincent	54	3	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
32	JP Duminy	50*	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
33	AB Barath	104	3	Win	Aus	Brisbane	26 Nov 2009
34	F du Plessis	78	2	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
35	F du Plessis	110*	4	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
36	CR Brathwaite	59	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
37	MA Agarwal	76	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut against Australia in the ongoing test at Melbourne to provide the ninth occasion of a Visiting batsman scoring a fifty against Australia on test debut at Melbourne.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Jupp	63	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877
2	CA Absolom	52	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
3	W Bates	58	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
4	WH Scotton	50*	3	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
5	G Bean	50	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892
6	JB Hobbs	83	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
7	RC Fredericks	76	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
8	CR Brathwaite	59	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
9	MA Agarwal	76	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal’s 76 in this test is the joint second highest score by a visiting batsman on a test debut against Australia at Melbourne. RC Fredericks of West Indies  had scored 76 at Melbourne in the boxing test on 26 Dec 1968. MA Agarwal’s 76 has come exactly 50 years later. England’s JB Hobbs had made 83 in Jan 1908 which is the highest individual score on test debut by a visiting batsman against Australia  at Melbourne.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	83	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
2	RC Fredericks	76	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
3	MA Agarwal	76	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut in the ongoing third test at Melbourne against Australia  to provide the 45^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amar Singh	51	4	v England	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
2	L Amarnath	118	3	v England	Mumbai	15 Dec 1933
3	Dilawar Hussain	59	2	v England	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
4	Dilawar Hussain	57	3	v England	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
5	Yuvraj of Patiala	60	4	v England	Chennai	10 Feb 1934
6	C Ramaswami	60	3	v England	Manchester	25 Jul 1936
7	RS Modi	57*	1	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
8	MH Mankad	63	3	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
9	DG Phadkar	51	1	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947
10	KC Ibrahim	85	2	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
11	CD Gopinath	50*	1	v England	Mum-BS	14 Dec 1951
12	RH Shodhan	110	2	v Pakistan	Kolkata	12 Dec 1952
12	AG Kripal Singh	100*	1	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	19 Nov 1955
14	RG Nadkarni	76	2	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955
15	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
16	Hanumant Singh	105	1	v England	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
17	GR Viswanath	137	3	v Australia	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
18	SM Gavaskar	65	2	v West Indies	Trinidad	06 Mar 1971
18	SM Gavaskar	67*	4	v West Indies	Trinidad	06 Mar 1971
20	SS Naik	77	3	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
21	HS Kanitkar	65	2	v West Indies	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974
22	PH Sharma	54	1	v West Indies	Delhi	11 Dec 1974
23	S Amarnath	124	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
24	P Roy	60*	3	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982
25	J Arun Lal	63	2	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
26	BS Sandhu	71	2	v Pakistan	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
27	M Azharuddin	110	1	v England	Kolkata	31 Dec 1984
28	LS Rajput	61	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	30 Aug 1985
29	WV Raman	83	3	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
30	PK Amre	103	2	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992
31	SC Ganguly	131	2	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
32	R Dravid	95	2	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
33	VVS Laxman	51	3	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
34	DJ Gandhi	75	3	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
35	V Sehwag	105	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
36	S Badrinath	56	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
37	SK Raina	120	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
38	CA Pujara	72	4	v Australia	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
39	S Dhawan	187	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
40	RG Sharma	177	2	v West Indies	Kolkata	06 Nov 2013
41	STR Binny	78	3	v England	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
42	HH Pandya	50	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
43	GH Vihari	56	2	v England	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
44	PP Shaw	134	1	v West Indies	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
45	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

His feat provides the 21^st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty on test debut on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amar Singh	51	4	v England	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
2	C Ramaswami	60	3	v England	Manchester	25 Jul 1936
3	RS Modi	57*	1	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
4	MH Mankad	63	3	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
5	DG Phadkar	51	1	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947
6	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
7	SM Gavaskar	65	2	v West Indies	Trinidad	06 Mar 1971
8	SM Gavaskar	67*	4	v West Indies	Trinidad	06 Mar 1971
9	SS Naik	77	3	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
10	S Amarnath	124	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
11	BS Sandhu	71	2	v Pakistan	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
12	LS Rajput	61	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	30 Aug 1985
12	PK Amre	103	2	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992
14	SC Ganguly	131	2	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
15	R Dravid	95	2	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
16	V Sehwag	105	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
17	SK Raina	120	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
18	STR Binny	78	3	v England	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
18	HH Pandya	50	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
20	GH Vihari	56	2	v England	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
21	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut in the ongoing third test at Melbourne against Australia to provide the 13th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty on test debut. His feat provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty on test debut on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Dilawar Hussain	59	2	v England	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
2	MH Mankad	63	3	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
3	KC Ibrahim	85	2	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
4	SM Gavaskar	65	2	v West Indies	Trinidad	06 Mar 1971
5	SM Gavaskar	67*	4	v West Indies	Trinidad	06 Mar 1971
6	SS Naik	77	3	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
7	P Roy	60*	3	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982
8	J Arun Lal	63	2	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
9	LS Rajput	61	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	30 Aug 1985
10	DJ Gandhi	75	3	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
11	S Dhawan	187	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
12	PP Shaw	134	1	v West Indies	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
13	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

His feat provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty on test debut on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	63	3	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
2	SM Gavaskar	65	2	v West Indies	Trinidad	06 Mar 1971
3	SM Gavaskar	67*	4	v West Indies	Trinidad	06 Mar 1971
4	SS Naik	77	3	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
5	LS Rajput	61	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	30 Aug 1985
6	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal’s 76 provides the second best score by an Indian opening batsman on test debut on away soil. SS Naik’s 77 runs against England at Birmingham  in Jul 1974 is the  highest score  by an Indian opening batsman on test debut  on away soil

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SS Naik	77	3	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
2	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut in the ongoing third test at Melbourne against Australia to provide the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty on test debut against Australia..

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan	187	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
2	PP Shaw	134	1	v West Indies	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
3	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal became the first Indian batsman to score a fifty on test debut against Australia in Australia

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against Australia All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Phadkar	51	1	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947
2	GR Viswanath	137	3	v Australia	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
3	CA Pujara	72	4	v Australia	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
4	S Dhawan	187	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
5	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Phadkar	51	1	v Australia	Sydney	12 Dec 1947
2	MA Agarwal	76	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal’s 76 is the highest score  by an Indian batsman on test debut against Australia in Australia. The previous best was 51 by DG Phadkar at Sydney in Dec 1947. Thus it took 71 years for an  Indian batsman to rewrite the record

TWM Latham of New Zealand carried his bat through with a score of 264 not out in New Zealand’s team total of 578 against Sri Lanka to provide the 56^th occasion of an opening batsman carrying his bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JE Barrett	67*	176	3	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
3	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
4	PF Warner	132*	237	3	Eng	v SAF	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
5	WW Armstrong	159*	309	3	Aus	v SAF	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902
6	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
7	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
8	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
9	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
10	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
11	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
12	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
13	Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	2	Pak	v Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
14	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	Win	v Eng	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
15	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
16	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
17	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
18	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
19	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
20	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
21	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
22	IR Redpath	159*	346	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 1974
23	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
24	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
25	Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
26	S Wettimuny	63*	144	2	Srl	v NZl	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983
27	DC Boon	58*	103	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
28	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
29	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	Eng	v Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
30	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
31	AJ Stewart	69*	175	3	Eng	v Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
32	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
33	MH Dekker	68*	187	4	Zim	v Pak	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993
34	MA Atherton	94*	228	2	Eng	v NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
35	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
36	MA Taylor	169*	350	2	Aus	v SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
37	GW Flower	156*	321	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
38	Saeed Anwar	188*	316	3	Pak	v Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
39	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
40	RP Arnold	104*	231	2	Srl	v Zim	Harare	04 Dec 1999
41	Javed Omar	85*	168†	3	Ban	v Zim	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
42	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
43	SM Katich	131*	268	3	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008
44	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
45	Imran Farhat	117*	223	1	Pak	v NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
46	R Dravid	146*	300	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
47	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
48	DA Warner	123*	233	4	Aus	v NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
49	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
50	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
51	KC Brathwaite	142*	337	2	Win	v Pak	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
52	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
53	D Elgar	86*	177	4	SAF	v Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018
54	D Elgar	141*	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
55	FDM Karunaratne	158*	287	1	Srl	v SAF	Galle	12 Jul 2018
56	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018

TWM Latham of New Zealand carried his bat through with a score of 264 not out in New Zealand’s team total of 578 against Sri Lanka to provide the fifth occasion of a an opening batsman carrying his bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket when a team has posted a team total in excess of 400 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the very first occasion of a team posting a total of 500 plus runs in an innings

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	1 Sep 2011
2	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
3	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
4	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
5	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018

TWM Latham of New Zealand carried his bat through with a score of 264 not out in New Zealand’s team total of 578 against SriLanka to provide the seventh occasion of an opening batsman carrying his bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket when a batsman has scored 200 plus runs. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
2	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
3	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
4	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
5	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
6	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
7	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008

TWM Latham became the second New Zealand batsman to perform such a feat and his feat provides the third such occasion by a New Zealand batsman. All the three occasions are tabulated below. TWM Lathamis the second New Zealand batsman to carry his bat through in a completed innings with a score of 200 plus runs. GM Turner had scored 223 not out against Win atKingston in Feb 1973           

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
2	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
3	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018

TWM Latham’s feat of carrying the bat through against Sri Lanka provides the third occasion of a batsman performing such a feat against Sri Lanka. All the three occasions are tabulated below. TWM Latham is the second New Zealand batsman to carry his bat through in a completed innings with a score of 200 plus runs against Sri Lanka. V Sehwag of India had made 201not out at Galle in Jul 2008

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
2	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
3	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018

TWM Latham of New Zealand carried his bat through with a score of 264 not out in New Zealand’s team total of 578 against SriLanka represents the highest individual score by an opening batsman while carrying his bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. Theprevious best was 244 not out by AN Cook of Eng against Aus at Melbourne in Dec 2017. Both the occasions are tabulatedbelow.

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	TWM Latham	264*	578	2	NZl	v Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
2	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

The ongoing New Zealand and Sri Lanka test match at Wellington witnessed no wickets falling during the entire day’s play on the fourth day of the test to provide the 22^nd occasion of no wickets falling during the entire day’s play in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Match between	Day	Runs	Location	Date
1	Australia v England	3	283	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
2	West Indies v Australia	4	307	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
3	India v New Zealand	1	234	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
4	West Indies v Pakistan	3	357	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
5	West Indies v England	5	207	Bridgetown	06 Jan 1960
6	West Indies v Australia	1	263	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
7	West Indies v New Zealand	3	218	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
8	India v West Indies	4	306	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
9	India v England	2	217	Chennai	13 Jan 1982
10	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	5	240	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986
11	India v Australia	4	235	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
12	England v Australia	1	301	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
13	South Africa v Australia	3	288	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997
14	Sri Lanka v India	3	283	Colombo (RPS)	04 Aug 1997
15	Sri Lanka v India	4	265	Colombo (RPS)	05 Aug 1997
16	West Indies v Australia	2	340	Kingston	13 Mar 1999
17	India v Australia	4	335	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
18	Bangladesh v South Africa	2	280	Chittagong (MAA)	24 Apr 2003
19	Sri Lanka v South Africa	2	357	Colombo (SSC)	27 July 2006
20	Bangladesh v India	1	326	Dhaka (SBNS)	25 May 2007
21	Bangladesh v South Africa	1	405	Chittagong (CDS)	29 Feb 2008
22	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	4	239	Wellington	18 Dec 2018

The ongoing New Zealand and Sri Lanka test match at Wellington witnessed no wickets falling during the entire day’s play on the fourth day of the test to provide the sixth occasion of no wickets falling during the entire day’s play on the fourth day of  the test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Match between	Day	Runs	Location	Date
1	West Indies v Australia	4	307	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
2	India v West Indies	4	306	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
3	India v Australia	4	235	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
4	Sri Lanka v India	4	265	Colombo (RPS)	05 Aug 1997
5	India v Australia	4	335	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
6	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	4	239	Wellington	18 Dec 2018

The ongoing New Zealand and Sri Lanka test match at Wellington witnessed no wickets falling during the entire day’s play on the fourth day of the test to provide the fourth occasion of no wickets falling during the entire day’s play involving Sri Lanka as one of the teams. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Match between	Day	Runs	Location	Date
1	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	5	240	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986
2	Sri Lanka v India	3	283	Colombo (RPS)	04 Aug 1997
3	Sri Lanka v India	4	265	Colombo (RPS)	05 Aug 1997
4	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	4	239	Wellington	18 Dec 2018

The ongoing New Zealand and Sri Lanka test match at Wellington witnessed no wickets falling during the entire day’s play on the fourth day of the test to provide the third occasion of no wickets falling during the entire day’s play involving New Zealand as one of the teams. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Match between	Day	Runs	Location	Date
1	India v New Zealand	1	234	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
2	West Indies v New Zealand	3	218	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
3	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	4	239	Wellington	18 Dec 2018

IPL 2019 auction: How the teams stack up for next season

Chennai Super Kings

The IPL Champions filled the only two spots for Indian players that they had available. Mohit Sharma returned to CSK following the franchise’s failure to pick up a left-arm pacer in Jaydev Unadkat after a heated bidding war with Rajasthan Royals. MS Dhoni’s familiarity withthe two pacers during their stints at CSK and Rising Pune Supergiantrespectively may have influenced the CSK management’s aggressive bidding forthose two. Mohit was CSK’s most expensive buy at INR 5 crore, but they failed to secure a left-arm quick and a back-up Indian offspinner for Harbhajan Singh.

Total players: 25

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, M Vijay

Middle-order batsmen: Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Sam Billings, Dhruv Shorey, Ruturaj Gaikwad

Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, J Narayan

Allrounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Monu Kumar, David Willey

Wristspinners: Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir

Fingerspinners: Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner

Fast bowlers: Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Sharma

Delhi Capitals

The new-look franchise came with assistant coach Mohammad Kaif, flanked by fresh team owners. They filled the gaps left by allrounders – that have been traded with Sunrisers Hyderabad – by picking up  Axar Patel (their most expensive buy at INR 5 crore), West Indian hard-hitterSherfane Rutherford and Kerala allrounder Jalaj Saxena. They also backed India’s Test duo of Hanuma Vihari and Ishant Sharma, together with pinch-hitting Guyanese fast bowler Keemo Paul. T20 specialist Colin Ingram, alate buy, added variety to their middle order that is primarily composed of young Indian batsmen.

Total players: 25

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: Colin Munro, Prithvi Shaw, Manjot Kalra, Shikhar Dhawan

Middle-order batsmen: Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Colin Ingram

Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, Ankush Bains

Allrounders: Chris Morris, Jalaj Saxena, Axar Patel, Bandaru Ayyappa, Sherfane Rutherford

Wristspinners: Amit Mishra, Rahul Tewatia, Sandeep Lamichhane

Fingerspinners: Jayant Yadav

Fast Bowlers: Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Nathu Singh

Kings XI Punjab

They started the auction with the most money to spend and bought 13 players under the watchful eyes of a new coach, and former  New Zealand coach, Mike Hesson. They beat four other teams to get mysteryspinner Varun Chakravarthy for INR 8.40 crore, and also snapped up England allrounder Sam Curran for INR 7.20 crore. Apart from these big buys, they picked up Australia’s Moises Henriques, who will be available for the whole tournament, and some young Indian allrounders.

They also backed pacers who bowled hard balls. Hardus Viljoen – who finished with the most wickets in the T10 league -and Mohammed Shami were added to their pace battery. Prabhsimran Singh, only17, went for a whopping INR 4.80 crore, presumably due to his performances withIndia’s Emerging squad at the U-19 Asia Cup. Harpreet Brar and Agnivesh Ayachiwere also among those who were shortlisted by Kings XI’s player scouts.Nicholas Pooran, who gave a solid audition during West Indies’ tour of India,was taken for INR 4.20 crore.

Total players: 23

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle

Middle-order batsmen: Karun Nair, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan

Wicketkeepers: Prabhsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran

Allrounders: Agnivesh Ayachi, Varun Chakravarthy, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Moises Henriques, Sam Curran

Wristspinners: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, M Ashwin

Fingerspinners: R Ashwin

Fast bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Arshdeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Mohammed Shami

Kolkata Knight Riders

What KKR lacked last year – back-ups for their overseas players plus an experienced pace attack – has been sorted some what. They’ve got Carlos Brathwaite at a slightly-inflated INR 5 crore andEngland’s Joe Denly as possible replacements for an injury-prone Andre Russell. Denly’s addition gives KKR a cushion if Chris Lynn leaves early for Australia’sWorld Cup prep. That will allow Uthappa to slot in as opener with Denly taking the fourth overseas spot.

With Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson discarded, KKR added Anrich Nortje – who bowled 150kph+ in the Mzansi SuperLeague – and New Zealand’s right-arm pacer Lockie Ferguson to their overseas bowling team. From a very thin 18-man squad last year, they’re now at 21. It remains the smallest of all eight squads.

Total players: 21

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa

Middle-order batsmen: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh

Wicketkeepers: Dinesh Karthik, Nikhil Naik

Allrounders: Andre Russell, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Carlos Brathwaite

Wristspinners: Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav

Fingerspinners: Sunil Narine

Fast bowlers:: Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Raj, Harry Gurney, Anrich Nortje, Lockie Ferguson

Mumbai Indians

Total players: 24

Number of overseas players: 8

Mumbai were one of the first teams to stop shopping at the auction in Jaipur. They bought six players, mostly to fill ingaps, and their biggest buys were Lasith Malinga – at a base price of INR 2crore following a mentoring stint with them last season – and Yuvraj Singh,twice the IPL’s most expensive Indian, after his name came up for a third timefollowing two unsuccessful calls for a bid by the auctioneer.

They also added fast bowlers Barinder Sranand Rasikh Salam, in case Jasprit Bumrah is not available for the whole season. Mumbai’s primary XI was already set up with the addition of Quinton de Kock via trade with Royal Challengers Bangalore earlier this year, and they chose to simply plug a few holes in their bench. Mumbai, however, failed to get aback-up wristspinner for IPL 2018 sensation Mayank Markande.

Openers: Evin Lewis, Quinton de Kock, Anmolpreet Singh

Middle-order batsmen: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad

Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare

Allrounders: Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Ben Cutting, Yuvraj Singh, Pankaj Jaiswal

Wristspinners: Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar

Fingerspinners: Anukul Roy

Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jason Behrendorff, Rasikh Salam, Lasith Malinga, Barinder Sran

Rajasthan Royals

Coming into the auction, their primary focus was to look at safety-guards due to the limited availability of (up to) three English superstars and Australian Steven Smith, but they weren’t able to fully do that. They moneyballed on Perth Scorchers’ Ashton Turner and formerLancashire captain Liam Livingstone, while West Indies quick Oshane Thomas was bought for INR 1.10 crore.

Varun Aaron joined Oshane – and Jofra Archer- to strengthen their pace line-up, while last season’s most expensive Indian Jaydev Unadkat was brought back for INR 8.40 crore – 3.10 crore less than his price tag from last season. With a squad still having some spots available, Royals picked up three youngsters during the third accelerated bidding process. Barring allrounder K Gowtham, however, Royals’ squad has no finger spinners.

Total players: 25

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi

Middle-order batsmen: Steven Smith, Aryaman Birla, Manan Vohra

Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Prashant Chopra

Allrounders: Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, K Gowtham, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Ashton Turner, Shubham Ranjane

Wristspinners: Shreyas Gopal, Midhun S, Ish Sodhi

Fingerspinners: –

Fast bowlers: Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Two high-profile purchases in Mumbai allrounder Shivam Dube (INR 5 crore) and West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer(INR 4.20 crore) took a large chunk of their purse away. Heinrich Klaasen’saddition solved RCB’s dearth of wicketkeepers after the exit of Brendon McCullum and Quinton de Kock.

They failed to buy any Indian bowlers,opting to instead purchase Milind Kumar – the fastest man to 1,000 Ranji Trophy runs this season – and wicketkeeper Akshdeep Nath. But one problem they failed to solve was that of their opening combination. Parthiv Patel aside, they don’t have a senior opening batsman, and that raises a question on Virat Kohli’s batting position in 2019..

Total players: 24

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: Devdutt Padikkal

Middle-order batsmen: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Milind Kumar, Himmat Singh, Shimron Hetmyer

Wicketkeepers: Parthiv Patel, Heinrich Klaasen

Allrounders: Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Marcus Stoinis, Prayas Ray Barman, Akshdeep Nath, Gurkeerat Singh, Shivam Dube

Wristspinners: Yuzvendra Chahal

Fingerspinners: Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi

Fast bowlers: Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mohammad Siraj, Tim Southee

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad were astute in the auction room. Wriddhiman Saha, released last month after being bought for INR 5crore, was bought back for INR 1.20 crore. Sunrisers also added wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow and opener Martin Guptill to their roster.

With David Warner likely to miss the firstand last week of the tournament and Shikhar Dhawan traded to Delhi, Bairstowand Guptill could make up for their lack of openers. Having already procuredthree players in Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar and Shahbaz Nadeem from Delhi in a swap for Dhawan, the Sunrisers kept their shopping list short, but finished with no overseas replacement for the injury-prone Billy Stanlake.

Total players: 23

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: David Warner, Martin Guptill

Middle-order batsmen: Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Ricky Bhui

Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Jonny Bairstow

Allrounders: Shakib Al Hasan, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Mohammad Nabi

Wristspinners: Rashid Khan

Fingerspinners: Shahbaz Nadeem

Fast Bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Billy Stanlake

70 slots available, 60 filled

While all teams filled their full overseas quota of eight players, only three of them – Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals – filled all 25 slots in their squad. Kolkata Knight Riders ended with 21 players, the fewest in the field.

Caribbean hit a 6, England’s fifer

West Indies ended up with the highest representation among overseas sides, with as many as six of their stars attracting bids. With most of them coming at relatively low, below-one-crore base prices, they were all snapped up for a cumulative INR 17 crores, five times their combined base price of INR 3.4 crores. England, despite their players not being available after April 25, 2019 – they will miss almost half the tournament – ended up with five players, all first-timers, being bought. Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Denly, Harry Gurney and Liam Livingstone areall set to make their IPL bow in 2019.

Capped Indian fast bowlers: Worth (over five times) their weight in gold

Eight capped Indian fast bowlers were up forbidding. Only two – Karnataka’s Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun – went unsold. The rest fetched hefty price tags, total 5.3 times their listed reserve price. Jaydev Unadkat, a left-arm seamer and hence a precious commodity, was boughtback by Rajasthan Royals, for 5.6 times his INR 1.5 Crore base price. That still represented a bargain for Royals, who had spent INR 11.5 crore on him last year before releasing him in the off-season.

Once a near-guarantee to trigger bidding wars, Yuvraj Singh’s value at the IPL auction has declined since Delhi Daredevils bought him for 16 crore in the 2015 auction. On Tuesday, he wentunsold in the first round, before Mumbai Indians bought him in the rapid-firebidding towards the end. This is the second successive season he has been soldat base price.

You either go unsold and fade into oblivion,or live long enough to play for every IPL team. With their latest IPL deals,Yuvraj and Ishant Sharma’s count has risen up to six IPL sides, equalling therecord set by a number of others already, most famously Parthiv Patel. They’re still one short of perpetual franchise-hopper Aaron Finch’s, whose all-time record count stands at seven. Yuvraj hasn’t yet represented CSK, KKR and Royal samong the active franchises. Will he be around long enough to become the first to complete the entire set?

16 years 54 days, and other teenage signings

Prayas Ray Barman is all of 16 years and 54 days old, and won’t be 17 by the time IPL 2019 comes around. Royal Challengers Bangalore put in a 1.5 crore bid for the teenager, a mystery spinner makingwaves in age-group cricket. If he plays in the upcoming edition, Barman willbecome the youngest player in the tournament’s history, going past Mujeeb urRahman, who debuted for Kings XI Punjab aged 17 years and 11 days.

He is among five players born after 2000 to be picked up by teams at the auction, along with Rasikh Dhar (Mumbai), Riyan Parag (Royals), Devdutt Padikkal (RCB) and Prab Simran Singh (KXIP).

42 – Varun Chakravarthy’s magical number

Varun Chakravarthy was an architect who’d given up his cricketing hopes not so long ago, but was almost certain to be among the biggest buys at the auction, having excelled with his mystery spin in the Tamil Nadu Premier League. As an uncapped player, he had set his reserveprice at just INR 20 lakhs, and benefited from a multi-way bidding war betweenfranchises. When the hammer came down, he had fetched himself 8.4 crores, 42times his base price. It fell just short of the 45 multiple paid by Rising PuneSupergiant for Tamil Nadu legspinner M Ashwin in the 2016 auction, comfortablythe highest in the last four seasons.

NM Lyon of Australia captured five for 67 in the ongoing test against India atPerth Stadium to carve his seventh five wicket haul against India. He emulatedM M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka in capturing seven five wicket hauls againstIndia. The feats of these two bowlers are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	23.2	4	94	7	2	Aus	Ind	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
2	NM Lyon	36.0	4	134	5	2	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
3	NM Lyon	34.1	5	152	7	4	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
4	NM Lyon	22.2	4	50	8	1	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
5	NM Lyon	34.1	5	92	5	2	Aus	Ind	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
6	NM Lyon	42.0	7	122	6	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
7	NM Lyon	34.5	7	67	5	2	Aus	Ind	Perth Stadium	14 Dec 2018
1	M Muralitharan	41.5	3	162	5	1	Srl	Ind	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
2	M Muralitharan	26.5	10	49	5	3	Srl	Ind	Galle	14 Aug 2001
3	M Muralitharan	34.1	9	87	8	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
4	M Muralitharan	38.4	8	100	7	1	Srl	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
5	M Muralitharan	29.0	4	84	5	2	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	23 Jul 2008
6	M Muralitharan	13.0	3	26	6	3	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	23 Jul 2008
7	M Muralitharan	17.0	1	63	5	2	Srl	Ind	Galle	18 Jul 2010

NM Lyon captured five for 67 in India’s innings in the ongoing test which represents his seventh five wicket haul against India. This feat provides the 44^th occasion of a bowler capturing seven or more five wicket hauls against a specific opposition in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Opp	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	RJ Hadlee	NZl	Aus	23	41	6099	2674	130	14	3
2	SF Barnes	Eng	Aus	20	36	5749	2288	106	12	1
3	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	7	14	2124	818	83	12	6
4	SK Warne	Aus	Eng	36	72	10757	4535	195	11	4
5	DK Lillee	Aus	Eng	29	57	8516	3507	167	11	4
6	CV Grimmett	Aus	Eng	22	39	9164	3439	106	11	2
7	M Muralitharan	Srl	SAF	15	27	5908	2311	104	11	4
8	CTB Turner	Aus	Eng	17	30	5179	1670	101	11	2
9	TM Alderman	Aus	Eng	17	32	4717	2117	100	11	1
10	M Muralitharan	Srl	Ban	11	22	2712	1190	89	11	4
11	T Richardson	Eng	Aus	14	24	4498	2220	88	11	4
12	GD McGrath	Aus	Eng	30	60	7280	3286	157	10	0
13	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	20	38	6516	3366	111	10	2
14	IT Botham	Eng	Aus	36	66	8479	4093	148	9	2
15	H Trumble	Aus	Eng	31	55	7895	2945	141	9	3
16	MA Noble	Aus	Eng	39	66	6895	2860	115	9	2
17	AA Donald	SAF	Eng	17	30	3912	1982	86	9	1
18	M Muralitharan	Srl	Win	12	22	3735	1609	82	9	3
19	CEL Ambrose	Win	Eng	34	63	8284	3082	164	8	2
20	CEL Ambrose	Win	Aus	27	51	6696	2718	128	8	1
21	M Muralitharan	Srl	Eng	16	30	6613	2247	112	8	4
22	GD McGrath	Aus	Win	23	46	5475	2132	110	8	2
23	HMRKB Herath	Srl	Pak	21	40	6591	2976	106	8	2
24	WJ O’Reilly	Aus	Eng	19	33	7864	2587	102	8	3
25	RJ Hadlee	NZl	Eng	21	35	5853	2399	97	8	2
26	BS Chandrasekhar	Ind	Eng	23	38	6199	2591	95	8	0
27	CJ McDermott	Aus	Eng	17	27	4048	2210	84	8	1
28	Abdul Qadir	Pak	Eng	16	28	5593	2049	82	8	4
29	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	10	18	3913	1199	77	8	4
30	SK Warne	Aus	SAF	24	45	7928	3142	130	7	2
31	RGD Willis	Eng	Aus	35	69	7294	3346	128	7	0
32	M Muralitharan	Srl	Ind	22	32	7020	3425	105	7	2
33	AV Bedser	Eng	Aus	21	37	7065	2859	104	7	2
34	G Giffen	Aus	Eng	31	43	6391	2791	103	7	1
35	LR Gibbs	Win	Eng	26	47	8841	2889	100	7	2
36	N Kapil Dev	Ind	Pak	29	45	5944	2982	99	7	1
37	J Briggs	Eng	Aus	31	45	4941	1994	97	7	3
38	GF Lawson	Aus	Eng	21	37	5460	2763	97	7	1
39	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	Aus	18	35	5806	2846	95	7	3
40	FR Spofforth	Aus	Eng	18	30	4185	1731	94	7	4
41	MD Marshall	Win	Aus	19	36	4335	1959	87	7	1
42	N Kapil Dev	Ind	Aus	20	38	4746	2003	79	7	0
43	NM Lyon	Aus	Ind	16	30	4293	2404	77	7	1
44	HJ Tayfield	SAF	Eng	15	24	5286	1658	75	7	1

It also provides the 17^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing seven or more five wicket hauls against a specific opposition. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	SK Warne	Aus	Eng	36	72	10757	4535	195	11	4
2	DK Lillee	Aus	Eng	29	57	8516	3507	167	11	4
3	CV Grimmett	Aus	Eng	22	39	9164	3439	106	11	2
4	CTB Turner	Aus	Eng	17	30	5179	1670	101	11	2
5	TM Alderman	Aus	Eng	17	32	4717	2117	100	11	1
6	GD McGrath	Aus	Eng	30	60	7280	3286	157	10	0
7	H Trumble	Aus	Eng	31	55	7895	2945	141	9	3
8	MA Noble	Aus	Eng	39	66	6895	2860	115	9	2
9	GD McGrath	Aus	Win	23	46	5475	2132	110	8	2
10	WJ O’Reilly	Aus	Eng	19	33	7864	2587	102	8	3
11	CJ McDermott	Aus	Eng	17	27	4048	2210	84	8	1
12	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	10	18	3913	1199	77	8	4
13	SK Warne	Aus	SAF	24	45	7928	3142	130	7	2
14	G Giffen	Aus	Eng	31	43	6391	2791	103	7	1
15	GF Lawson	Aus	Eng	21	37	5460	2763	97	7	1
16	FR Spofforth	Aus	Eng	18	30	4185	1731	94	7	4
17	NM Lyon	Aus	Ind	16	30	4293	2404	77	7	1

NM Lyon became the second bowler after M  Muralitharan to capture seven or more five wicket hauls against India. Both thebowler have captured five wicket hauls on seven occasions against India.

No	Player	Tean	Opp	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	Ind	22	32	7020	3425	105	7	2
2	NM Lyon	Aus	Ind	16	30	4293	2404	77	7	1