# Cheteshwar Pujara (57) has posted his 15th fifty in Tests — his sixth v Australia.
# Pujara’s record in Tests in Asia is outstanding — his tally being 2942 at an average of 66.86 in 31 Tests, including ten hundreds and twelve fifties.
# Pujara took his tally of runs this season to 1316 (ave.65.80) in 13 Tests, including four hundreds and eight fifties — an Indian record. The only batsman to make more runs in a season than Pujara is Ricky Ponting — 1483 (ave.78.05) in 12 Tests in the 2005-06 season.
# Pujara’s tally of 1101 at an average of 57.94, including two centuries and six fifties, in twelve Tests v Australia, is his highest against any team, eclipsing the 1061 (ave.46.13) in 14 Tests v England.
# Pujara’s impressive tally of 405 (ave. 67.50) in the current series is the highest by an Indian batsman. Only Steven Smith has managed more runs than him — 482 at 80.33.
# Lokesh Rahul took his tally to 342 at an average of 57.00 in six innings in the current rubber — his first ever instance of 300 runs or more in a Test series.
# Rahul has registered five fifties, including four in a row, for the first time in a Test series. Only Murali Vijay amongst Indian openers, has recorded five fifty-plus innings in a Test series v Australia — in 2014-15 in Australia.
Sunil Gavaskar remains the only Indian opener to hit five fifty-plus innings in a series three times.
# Rahul is the third Indian batsman after Dilip Sardesai (v England in 1963-64) and Gundappa Viswanath (v Australia in 1977-78) to register five fifties without posting a century in the series.
# Jadeja became just the third all-rounder to amass 500 runs and capture 50 wickets in the same season in Tests - 509 runs and 68 wickets in 13 Tests. Kapil Dev had achieved the feat in 1979-80 while Mitchell Johnson had recorded the distinction in 2008-09.
# During the course of his unbeaten 16, Jadeja became the tenth Indian all-rounder to complete the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in Tests.
# Nathan Lyon has bagged 63 wickets at 33.14 runs apiece in 14 Tests v India, equalling Lance Gibbs’ tally of 63 (ave. 23.28) in 15 Tests. Only one spinner has taken more wickets v India than Lyon — Muttiah Mualitharan’s tally of 105 (ave.32.61) in 22 Tests.
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