R Ashwin’s wicket aggregate at home at the end of Bengaluru test between India and Australia read 202 wickets and he became the 19^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 200 plus wickets at home. The following table lists all the 19 bowlers who have accomplished such a feat

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	73	134	25061	9646	493	45	15
2	A Kumble	Ind	63	115	20792	8710	350	25	7
3	SK Warne	Aus	69	129	19417	8420	319	15	4
4	JM Anderson	Eng	69	131	15452	7588	296	17	3
5	GD McGrath	Aus	66	131	15829	6483	289	11	2
6	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	55	103	16989	7624	265	18	4
7	M Ntini	SAF	53	103	11266	5986	249	12	2
8	DW Steyn	SAF	46	88	9490	5048	241	16	3
9	SM Pollock	SAF	59	109	12353	4955	235	09	1
10	SCJ Broad	Eng	57	108	11989	6158	232	11	2
11	HMRKB Herath	Srl	42	77	11928	5347	231	22	6
12	DK Lillee	Aus	44	84	11534	5482	231	15	4
13	FS Trueman	Eng	47	90	10295	4590	229	14	3
14	CA Walsh	Win	58	105	13500	5428	229	08	1
15	IT Botham	Eng	59	96	12243	6226	226	17	2
16	N Kapil Dev	Ind	65	119	12211	5803	219	11	2
17	CEL Ambrose	Win	52	93	11325	4302	203	11	2
18	R Ashwin	Ind	30	59	9670	4442	202	20	6
19	RJ Hadlee	NZl	43	75	10663	4615	201	15	3

R Ashwin’s wicket aggregate at home at the end of Bengaluru test between India and Australia read 202 wickets and he became the fourth  Indian bowler to capture 200 plus wickets at home. The following table lists all the four  bowlers who have accomplished such a feat

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	A Kumble	Ind	63	115	20792	8710	350	25	7
2	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	55	103	16989	7624	265	18	4
3	N Kapil Dev	Ind	65	119	12211	5803	219	11	2
4	R Ashwin	Ind	30	59	9670	4442	202	20	6

R Ashwin’s six for in the just concluded test at Bengaluru between India and Australia is his 20^th five  wicket  haul. He became the third bowler to capture  five wickets in an innings on 20 plus occasions  when a bowler has captured 200 plus wickets at home.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	73	134	25061	9646	493	45
2	A Kumble	Ind	63	115	20792	8710	350	25
3	R Ashwin	Ind	30	59	9670	4442	202	20

R Ashwin is the fourth bowler to capture ten wickets in a match on six or more occasions amongst the bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets at home.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	73	134	25061	9646	493	15
2	A Kumble	Ind	63	115	20792	8710	350	7
3	HMRKB Herath	Srl	42	77	11928	5347	231	6
4	R Ashwin	Ind	30	59	9670	4442	202	6

 

MS Wade was dismissed for a duck in the fourth innings of the just concluded Bengaluru test against India to provide the 13^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper scoring a duck against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BN Jarman	0	4	Ind	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
2	ATW Grout	0	1	Ind	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
3	BN Jarman	0	3	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	10 Oct 1964
4	HB Taber	0	3	Ind	Chennai	24 Dec 1969
5	KJ Wright	0	1	Ind	Kolkata	26 Oct 1979
6	RW Marsh	0	1	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981
7	AC Gilchrist	0	1	Ind	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999
8	AC Gilchrist	0	1	Ind	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
9	AC Gilchrist	0	4	Ind	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
10	AC Gilchrist	0	1	Ind	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
11	BJ Haddin	0	2	Ind	Perth	13 Jan 2012
12	BJ Haddin	0	1	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
13	MS Wade	0	4	Ind	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

MS Wade was dismissed for a duck in the fourth innings of the just concluded Bengaluru test against India to provide the third occasion of an Australian wicket keeper scoring a duck against India in the fourth innings of a test.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BN Jarman	0	4	Ind	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
2	AC Gilchrist	0	4	Ind	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
3	MS Wade	0	4	Ind	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

 

JR Hazzlewood returned with figures of 6 for 67 in  India’s second innings  in  the ongoing test at Bengaluru against India to provide the 26^th occasion of a visiting pace bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against India in India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Fazal Mahmood	27.3	11	42	7	3	Pak	Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
2	RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	3	Aus	Ind	Chennai	19 Oct 1956
3	WW Hall	28.4	4	50	6	2	Win	Ind	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
4	R Gilchrist	21.0	7	55	6	3	Win	Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958
5	AK Davidson	57.3	23	93	7	3	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
6	GD McKenzie	32.3	8	58	6	2	Aus	Ind	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
7	GD McKenzie	33.4	12	67	6	1	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969
8	GG Arnold	23.4	7	45	6	1	Eng	Ind	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
9	AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	1	Win	Ind	Chennai	11 Jan 1975
10	VA Holder	20.1	6	39	6	4	Win	Ind	Mumbai	23 Jan 1975
11	JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	2	Eng	Ind	Delhi	17 Dec 1976
12	RGD Willis	17.0	2	53	6	1	Eng	Ind	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
13	G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	3	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
14	Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	2	Pak	Ind	Delhi	04 Dec 1979
15	IT Botham	22.5	7	58	6	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980
16	IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	3	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980
17	MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	3	Win	Ind	Kolkata	10 Dec 1983
18	NA Foster	23.0	2	104	6	1	Eng	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
19	RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	2	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
20	CA Walsh	22.0	4	79	6	1	Win	Ind	Mumbai	18 Nov 1994
21	L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	4	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
22	DJ Nash	11.0	3	27	6	1	NZl	Ind	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
23	MJ Hoggard	30.5	13	57	6	2	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006
24	DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	2	SAF	Ind	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
25	TG Southee	24.0	6	64	7	2	NZl	Ind	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
26	JR Hazlewood	24.0	5	67	6	3	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

JR Hazzlewood became the third visiting bowler after RGD Willis of England and TG Southee of New Zealand to  capture six or more wickets against India at Bengaluru. The following table  furnished  the performance of these three bowlers

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RGD Willis	17.0	2	53	6	1	Eng	Ind	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
2	TG Southee	24.0	6	64	7	2	NZl	Ind	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
3	JR Hazlewood	24.0	5	67	6	3	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

 

JR Hazzlewood’s six for 67 in India’s second innings and also in the third innings of the match in the ongoing test at Bengaluru provides the twelfth occasion of an Australian pace bowler capturing six or more wickets against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	ERH Toshack	17.0×8	6	29	6	3	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
2	RR Lindwall	16.5×8	4	38	7	3	Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
3	RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	3	Ind	Chennai	19 Oct 1956
4	AK Davidson	57.3	23	93	7	3	Ind	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
5	GD McKenzie	32.3	8	58	6	2	Ind	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
6	GD McKenzie	21.4	2	66	7	1	Ind	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
7	GD McKenzie	33.4	12	67	6	1	Ind	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969
8	G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	3	Ind	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
9	BA Reid	26.2	7	66	6	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991
10	BA Reid	29.0	9	60	6	3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991
11	MR Whitney	12.1	3	27	7	4	Ind	Perth	01 Feb 1992
12	JR Hazlewood	24.0	5	67	6	3	Ind	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

JR Hazzlewood’s six for 67 in India’s second innings and also in the third innings of the match in the ongoing test at Bengaluru provides the sixth occasion of an Australian pace bowler capturing six or more wickets against India in India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	3	Ind	Chennai	19 Oct 1956
2	AK Davidson	57.3	23	93	7	3	Ind	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
3	GD McKenzie	32.3	8	58	6	2	Ind	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
4	GD McKenzie	33.4	12	67	6	1	Ind	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969
5	G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	3	Ind	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
6	JR Hazlewood	24.0	5	67	6	3	Ind	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

CA Pujara and AM Rahane of India were concerned in a century partnership worth 118 runs for the fifth wicket in India’s second innings in the ongoing test against Australia at Bengaluru to provide the 50^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia at home. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	NJ Contractor, P Roy	1	121	3	Aus	Delhi	12 Dec 1959
2	AA Baig, NJ Contractor	3	133	1	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	01 Jan 1960
3	AA Baig, RB Kenny	5	109	3	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	01 Jan 1960
4	CG Borde, MAK Pataudi	6	142	2	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
5	ML Jaisimha, VL Manjrekar	3	112	2	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	10 Oct 1964
6	AV Mankad, MAK Pataudi	4	146	1	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	04 Nov 1969
7	FM Engineer, AV Mankad	1	111	1	Aus	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
8	ED Solkar, GR Viswanath	6	110	3	Aus	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
9	GR Viswanath, AL Wadekar	4	120*	4	Aus	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
10	GR Viswanath, AL Wadekar	3	102	4	Aus	Chennai	24 Dec 1969
11	DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath	4	159	2	Aus	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979
12	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	114	1	Aus	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
13	CPS Chauhan, GR Viswanath	3	113	3	Aus	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
14	SM Gavaskar, GR Viswanath	3	159	1	Aus	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
15	CPS Chauhan, DB Vengsarkar	2	117	2	Aus	Kolkata	26 Oct 1979
16	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	192	1	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
17	KD Ghavri, SMH Kirmani	8	127	1	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
18	M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar	2	103	4	Aus	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
19	RJ Shastri, DB Vengsarkar	6	298*	2	Aus	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
20	SC Ganguly, NR Mongia	2	131	2	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
21	NR Mongia, NS Sidhu	1	122	1	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
22	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	113	3	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
23	M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar	4	127	3	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
24	VVS Laxman, NS Sidhu	1	191	2	Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
25	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	140	2	Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
26	M Azharuddin, SC Ganguly	5	158	2	Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
27	M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar	4	139	1	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
28	SC Ganguly, VVS Laxman	4	117	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
29	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	5	376	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
30	SS Das, S Ramesh	1	123	2	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
31	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	5	169	2	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
32	M Kaif, PA Patel	7	102	2	Aus	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
33	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	5	142	1	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
34	MS Dhoni, SC Ganguly	7	109	1	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
35	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	182	3	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
36	G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar	3	130	1	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
37	G Gambhir, VVS Laxman	4	278	1	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
38	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	4	146	1	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
39	MS Dhoni, SC Ganguly	6	119	1	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
40	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	116	3	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
41	MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh	7	108	3	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
42	SK Raina, SR Tendulkar	5	124	2	Aus	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
43	SR Tendulkar, M Vijay	3	308	2	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
44	MS Dhoni, V Kohli	5	128	2	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
45	MS Dhoni, B Kumar	9	140	2	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
46	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	370	2	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
47	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	289	2	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
48	CA Pujara, M Vijay	1	108	2	Aus	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
49	V Kohli, CA Pujara	2	104	4	Aus	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
50	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	5	118	3	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership by Indian batsmen against Australia at Bangalore. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket at Bengaluru. The previous best for the 5^th wicket was the  93 runs between GR Viswanath and Yashpal Sharma in Sep 1979. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath	4	159	2	Aus	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979
2	M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar	4	139	1	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
3	SR Tendulkar, M Vijay	3	308	2	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
4	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	5	118	3	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

 CA Pujara and AM Rahane of India were concerned in a century partnership worth 118 runs for the fifth wicket in India’s second innings in the ongoing test against Australia at Bengaluru to provide the eighth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket against Australia at home. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Baig, RB Kenny	5	109	3	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	01 Jan 1960
2	M Azharuddin, SC Ganguly	5	158	2	Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
3	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	5	376	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
4	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	5	169	2	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
5	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	5	142	1	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
6	SK Raina, SR Tendulkar	5	124	2	Aus	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
7	MS Dhoni, V Kohli	5	128	2	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
8	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	5	118	3	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

 

A Mukund scored a boundary six in his knock of 16 in India’s second innings in the ongoing second test against Australia at Bengaluru to provide the 23^rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a boundary six in a test innings against Australia at home. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	6s	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	115	1	1	Aus	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
2	K Srikkanth	53	1	2	Aus	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
3	SM Gavaskar	90	1	4	Aus	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
4	K Srikkanth	26	1	2	Aus	Delhi	26 Sep 1986
5	K Srikkanth	24	1	2	Aus	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
6	NR Mongia	152	1	2	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
7	NS Sidhu	62	2	1	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
8	NS Sidhu	64	1	3	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
9	NS Sidhu	74	3	1	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
10	NS Sidhu	44	1	3	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
11	SS Das	84	1	2	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
12	G Gambhir	104	1	3	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
13	G Gambhir	206	1	1	Aus	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
14	V Sehwag	66	1	1	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
15	V Sehwag	92	1	3	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
16	M Vijay	139	2	2	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
17	V Sehwag	30	1	2	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
18	M Vijay	6	1	4	Aus	Chennai	02 Feb 2013
19	M Vijay	167	2	2	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
20	M Vijay	153	3	2	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
21	S Dhawan	187	2	2	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
22	KL Rahul	64	1	2	Aus	Pune	23 Feb 2017
23	A Mukund	16	1	3	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

A Mukund scored a boundary six in his knock of 16 in India’s second innings in the ongoing second test against Australia at Bengaluru to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a boundary six in a test innings against Australia at Bengaluru. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	6s	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	NS Sidhu	74	3	1	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
2	NS Sidhu	44	1	3	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
3	M Vijay	139	2	2	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
4	V Sehwag	30	1	2	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
5	A Mukund	16	1	3	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

 

V Kohli lead India for 25^th occasion in Bengaluru test. Other Indian captains who have lead  India on 25 or more occasions are – MS Dhoni {60}, SC Ganguly {49}, M Azharuddin {47}, SM Gavaskar {47}, MAK Pataudi {40}, N Kapil Dev {34}, R Dravid {25} and SR Tendulkar {25}. Thus V Kohli would become the ninth Indian captain to lead in 25 or more tests.

V Kohli had scored 263 boundary fours while leading India prior to the start of the Bengaluru test. He scored two boundary fours in the first innings and one boundary four in the second innings and had a tally of 266 boundary fours at the end of India’s second innings in the Bengaluru test. He went past SR Tendulkar who has scored 264 boundary fours. Other Indian captains to score more boundary fours than V Kohli at the end of India’s second innings of the Bangalore test are – SM Gavaskar {378}, MS Dhoni {368}, M Azharuddin {335}, SC Ganguly {326} and MAK Pataudi {278}

 

 

KL Rahul of India scored 90 and 51 in the ongoing test against Australia at Bengaluru to provide the 27^th occasion of India’s opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test at home. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Mushtaq Ali	54	106	v West Indies	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
2	MH Mankad	59	71*	v England	Kolkata	30 Dec 1951
3	ML Jaisimha	56	51	v England	Mumbai (BS)	11 Nov 1961
4	AV Mankad	64	68	v Australia	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
5	FM Engineer	121	66	v England	Mumbai (BS)	06 Feb 1973
6	CPS Chauhan	52	84	v West Indies	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
7	SM Gavaskar	205	73	v West Indies	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
8	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	v West Indies	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
9	CPS Chauhan	58	84	v Australia	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
10	SM Gavaskar	50	64	v Pakistan	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983
11	J Arun Lal	52	70	v Pakistan	Kolkata	11 Feb 1987
12	K Srikkanth	71	65	v West Indies	Mumbai	11 Dec 1987
13	NS Sidhu	107	76	v West Indies	Nagpur	01 Dec 1994
14	A Jadeja	59	73	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995
15	NS Sidhu	62	64	v Australia	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
16	S Ramesh	60	96	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
17	A Chopra	60	52	v New Zealand	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
18	W Jaffer	81	100	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006
19	W Jaffer	202	56	v Pakistan	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
20	G Gambhir	67	104	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
21	V Sehwag	66	92	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
22	G Gambhir	179	97	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
23	V Sehwag	96	54*	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
24	V Sehwag	55	55	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
25	CA Pujara	52	82*	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
26	M Vijay	65	76	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
27	KL Rahul	90	51	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

KL Rahul of India scored 90 and 51 in the ongoing test against Australia at Bengaluru to provide the seventh occasion of India’s opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against Australia at home. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AV Mankad	64	68	v Australia	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
2	CPS Chauhan	58	84	v Australia	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
3	NS Sidhu	62	64	v Australia	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
4	G Gambhir	67	104	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
5	V Sehwag	66	92	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
6	CA Pujara	52	82*	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
7	KL Rahul	90	51	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

KL Rahul became the second Indian opening batsman to score twin fifties in a test at Bengaluru. A Jadeja had scored 59 and 73 against New Zealand in Oct 1995

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	A Jadeja	59	73	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995
2	KL Rahul	90	51	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

KL Rahul with his 90 and 51 in the ongoing Bengaluru test against Australia became the fourth Indian batsman to score a ninety and a fifty in a test at home. His feat provides the fifth such occasion. All the five occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Ramesh	60	96	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
2	V Sehwag	66	92	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
3	G Gambhir	179	97	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
4	V Sehwag	96	54*	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
5	KL Rahul	90	51	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

 

RA Jadeja returned with figures  of 6 for 63 in Australia’s first innings in  the ongoing first test between India and Australia at Bengaluru to provide the 27^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	1	Aus	Kolkata	02 Nov 1956
2	JM Patel	35.5	16	69	9	2	Aus	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
3	RG Nadkarni	51.0	11	105	6	2	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	01 Jan 1960
4	RG Nadkarni	54.4	21	91	6	3	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
5	SA Durani	28.0	11	73	6	1	Aus	Kolkata	17 Oct 1964
6	S Abid Ali	17.0×8	2	55	6	1	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
7	EAS Prasanna	34.0×8	6	141	6	2	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
8	EAS Prasanna	33.4×8	9	104	6	3	Aus	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968
9	BS Bedi	50.0	19	98	7	2	Aus	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969
10	EAS Prasanna	31.0	14	74	6	3	Aus	Chennai	24 Dec 1969
11	BS Chandrasekhar	14.1×8	2	52	6	2	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
12	BS Chandrasekhar	20.0×8	3	52	6	4	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
13	DR Doshi	43.0	10	103	6	1	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
14	N Kapil Dev	38.0	6	106	8	1	Aus	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985
15	A Kumble	41.3	8	98	6	2	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
16	Harbhajan Singh	37.5	7	123	7	1	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
17	Harbhajan Singh	30.3	8	73	6	4	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
18	Harbhajan Singh	38.2	6	133	7	1	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
19	Harbhajan Singh	41.5	20	84	8	3	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
20	AB Agarkar	16.2	2	41	6	3	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
21	A Kumble	51.0	8	176	6	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
22	A Kumble	46.5	7	141	8	2	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
23	Harbhajan Singh	30.1	5	78	6	3	Aus	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
24	A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	1	Aus	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
25	A Kumble	47.0	8	133	6	3	Aus	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
26	R Ashwin	42.0	12	103	7	1	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
27	RA Jadeja	21.4	1	63	6	2	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

RA Jadeja returned with figures  of 6 for 63 in Australia’s first innings in  the ongoing first test between India and Australia at Bengaluru to provide the 18^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against Australia in India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	1	Aus	Kolkata	2 Nov 1956
2	JM Patel	35.5	16	69	9	2	Aus	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
3	RG Nadkarni	51.0	11	105	6	2	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	01 Jan 1960
4	RG Nadkarni	54.4	21	91	6	3	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
5	SA Durani	28.0	11	73	6	1	Aus	Kolkata	17 Oct 1964
6	BS Bedi	50.0	19	98	7	2	Aus	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969
6	EAS Prasanna	31.0	14	74	6	3	Aus	Chennai	24 Dec 1969
8	DR Doshi	43.0	10	103	6	1	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
9	A Kumble	41.3	8	98	6	2	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
10	Harbhajan Singh	37.5	7	123	7	1	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
11	Harbhajan Singh	30.3	8	73	6	4	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
12	Harbhajan Singh	38.2	6	133	7	1	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
13	Harbhajan Singh	41.5	20	84	8	3	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
14	Harbhajan Singh	30.1	5	78	6	3	Aus	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
15	A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	1	Aus	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
16	A Kumble	47.0	8	133	6	3	Aus	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
17	R Ashwin	42.0	12	103	7	1	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
18	RA Jadeja	21.4	1	63	6	2	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

 RA Jadeja became the third Indian bowler to capture six wickets in a test innings at Bengaluru against Australia. A Kumble and Harbhajan Singh are the other two bowlers to accomplish such a feat. All the three occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Kumble	41.3	8	98	6	2	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
2	Harbhajan Singh	30.1	5	78	6	3	Aus	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
3	RA Jadeja	21.4	1	63	6	2	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017

It is observed that  RA Jadeja’s 6 for 63 in the first innings of this test represent the best innings bowling figures by an Indian bowler in a test innings against Australia at Bengaluru. The previous best was Harbhajan Singh’s 6 for 78 in Oct 2004

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RA Jadeja	21.4	1	63	6	2	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
2	Harbhajan Singh	30.1	5	78	6	3	Aus	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
3	A Kumble	41.3	8	98	6	2	Aus	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998