India vs Australia Perth Test: Key stats, important trivia and all you need to know

IND vs AUS stats: Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 35 sixes are the most hit by any batter in a calendar year in Test cricket.

Yashasvi Jaiswal of India at the nets. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

 

35 The number of sixes accumulated by Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2024. This is the maximum hit by any batter in a calendar year. He passed the previous record of 33 sixes held by Kiwi Brendon McCullum in 2014. For the record, previously, the sixes most hit by an Indian were 22 by Virender Sehwag in 2008. The third table below details how this record changed hands since the start of the 20th century. England’s Walter Hammond was the first to cross the landmark of 10 sixes in the calendar year of 1933, while Aussie Matt Hayden hit 20 sixes in 2001, and then Brendon McCullum went past 30 sixes in 2014.

Batters with the maximum number of Test sixes in a calendar year

Sixes	Year	Batter	For	M	Inns	Runs	Ave.	6s/inn	Balls/6
35+	2024	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	12	23	1280	58.18	1.52	50.42
33	2014	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	9	16	1164	72.75	2.06	48.61
26	2022	Ben Stokes	England	15	26	870	36.25	1.00	46.77
22	2005	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	15	22	836	41.80	1.00	44.77
22	2008	Virender Sehwag	India	14	27	1462	56.23	0.81	77.41

 

Indian batters with the maximum number of Test sixes in a calendar year

Sixes	Year	Batter	M	Inns	Runs	Ave.	6s/inn	Balls/6
35+	2024	Yashasvi Jaiswal	12	23	1280	58.18	1.52	50.42
22	2008	Virender Sehwag	14	27	1462	56.23	0.81	77.41
21	2022	Rishabh Pant	7	12	680	61.81	1.75	35.62
20	2019	Rohit Sharma	5	6	556	92.66	3.33	36.60

 

They held the Test record of hitting the maximum number of sixes in a calendar year

Sixes	Year	Batter	For	M	Inns	Runs	Ave.	6s/inn	Balls/6
9	1902	Jimmy Sinclair	South Africa	3	6	286	47.67	1.50	34.78
14	1933	Walter Hammond	England	8	11	934	103.78	1.27	118.93
16	1965	John Reid	New Zealand	13	24	871	36.29	0.67	—
17	1999	Chris Cairns	New Zealand	10	15	548	39.14	1.13	58.88
18	2000	Chris Cairns	New Zealand	5	9	517	64.63	2.00	45.50
20	2001	Matthew Hayden	Australia	14	25	1391	63.23	0.80	110.65
21	2004	Andrew Flintoff	England	13	19	898	52.82	1.11	64.09
22	2005	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	15	22	836	41.80	1.00	44.77
33	2014	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	9	16	1164	72.75	2.06	48.61
35+	2024	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	12	23	1280	58.18	1.52	50.42

Note: 1965 was John Reid’s final year in Test cricket, while 2024 is Jaiswal’s second year in Test cricket

+ Potentially, Jaiswal can add to his tally of sixes this calendar year; he still has three more Tests in 2024

 

 

 

6 Number of visiting opening pairs involved in a 200-plus stand in Australia. The recent 201 stand between Jaiswal and K. L. Rahul in the recently concluded Perth Test match was unique because they became the first pair in six instances other than an English one to achieve this in Australia. Interestingly, the highest opening by a visiting pair, other than England and India, is the 147 by West Indians Sherwin Campbell and Wavell Hinds in Sydney in January 2001. Above this West Indian pair are 16 higher opening stands in Australia, involving 13 English and three Indian pairs.

200-plus opening partnerships for visiting sides in Australia

Runs	Pair	For	Venue	Month, year	Inns	Result
323	Jack Hobbs/Wilfred Rhodes	England	Melbourne	Feb 1912	2	WON
283	Jack Hobbs/Herbert Sutcliffe	England	Melbourne	Jan 1925	2	Lost
234	Geoff Boycott/Bob Barber	England	Sydney	Jan 1966	1	Won
223	Chris Broad/Bill Athey	England	Perth WACA	Nov 1986	1	Drawn
203	Graham Gooch/Michael Atherton	England	Adelaide	Jan 1991	4	Drawn
201	Yashasvi Jaiswal/KL Rahul	India	Perth Optus	Nov 2024	3	WON

Note: The last two instances came in the second innings of the match.

India’s highest opening wicket stand in Australia is the 191 between Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth at the SCG in 1986

 

 

5 The number of occasions a visiting opening batter registered a Test century in Australia after being dismissed for a duck in the first innings. Jaiswal is the latest entrant in this list dominated by Englishmen and Indians.

A duck and century in the same Test match by a visiting opening batter in Australia

1st Inns	2nd Inns	Batter	For	Venue	Month, year	Result	Batting# (in both inns)
0	113	David Sheppard	England	Melbourne	Jan 1963	Won	1
0	118	Sunil Gavaskar	India	Melbourne	Jan 1977	Won	1
0	183	Michael Vaughan	England	Sydney	Jan 2003	Won	2
0	110	Andrew Strauss	England	Brisbane	Nov 2010	Drawn	1
0	161	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	Perth Optus	Nov 2024	Won	1

Strauss was also the captain

 

662 The number of Test runs aggregated by Rishabh Pant in Australia. This makes him the most successful visiting keeper-batter on Australian soil. On the opening day of the Perth Test, Pant went ahead of the previous highest aggregate of 643 runs by English wicketkeeper Alan Knott, who held the top position for the last 47 years.

Most successful visiting wicket-keeping Test batters in Australia

Runs	Keeper-batter	For	M	Inns	NO	Ave.	HS	100	50	Career span in Australia
662+	Rishabh Pant	India	8	14	2	55.17	159*	1	2	2018-
643	Alan Knott	England	13	22	3	33.84	106*	1	4	1970-1977
587	Jeffery Dujon	West Indies	11	18	2	36.69	139	1	2	1982-1989
484	Gerry Alexander	West Indies	5	10	2	60.50	108	1	5	1960-1961
477	John Waite	South Africa	9	15	0	31.80	77	0	4	1952-1964

+ career in progress

7 The number of Indian Test debutants who scored a combined 70 or more runs and claimed at least one wicket in the same Test match. India’s debutant in the Perth Test, Nitish Reddy, became the latest entrant to achieve this feat. Incidentally, Reddy is the 316th player to make his debut in Tests for India.

Indian players with 70-plus runs and at least one wicket on Test debut match (listed chronologically)

Player	Runs	Wickets	Against	Venue	Month, year	Result
Vinoo Mankad	77 (14+63)	2 (2+0)	England	Lord’s	Jun 1946	Lost
C. D. Gopinath	92 (50*+42)	1 (0+1)	England	Mumbai BS	Dec 1951	Drawn
Balwinder Singh Sandhu	83 (71+12)	2 (2+0)	Pakistan	Hyderabad	Jan 1983	Lost
W. V. Raman	92 (9+83)	1 (0+1)	West Indies	Chennai	Jan 1988	Won
Saurav Ganguly	131 (131)	3 (2+1)	England	Lord’s	Jun 1996	Drawn
Washington Sundar	84 (62+22)	4 (3+1)	Australia	Brisbane	Jan 2021	Won
Nitish Reddy	79 (41+38*)	1 (0+1)	Australia	Perth Optus	Nov 2024	Won

Note: Gopinath and Raman did not bowl in the first innings, while Sandhu did not in the 2nd innings

 

23 The number of balls faced by Devdutt Padikkal in the first innings of the Perth Test match. This is the fifth-highest number of balls faced by an Indian top-order batter without scoring a run. Also, this stands as the highest recorded for an Asian batter in Australia. Padikkal’s stonewalling tactics also place him in the top four on this unique list of visiting batters in Australia, as shown in the second table below.

Most balls faced by Indian top-order batters without scoring in a Test innings

Balls Faced	Batter	Against	Venue	Month, Year	Bat #	Inns	Result
29	Suresh Raina	England	The Oval	Aug 2011	5	2	Lost
29	Rishabh Pant	England	Southampton	Sep 2018	6	2	Lost
25	Sanjay Manjrekar	South Africa	Durban	Nov 1992	3	2	Drawn
24	VVS Laxman	England	Mohali	Dec 2008	5	1	Drawn
23	Devdutt Padikkal	Australia	Perth Optus	Nov 2024	3	1	Won

Note: Irfan Pathan (0 off 29 balls) in the fourth innings against Pakistan in Bengaluru in March 2007, but while batting at #9

 

Most balls faced by top-order visiting batters without scoring in a Test innings in Australia

Balls Faced	Batter	For	Venue	Month, Year	Bat #	Inns	Result
29	Brian Luckhurst	England	Sydney	Feb 1971	2	1	Won
28	Trevor Bailey	England	Sydney	Dec 1954	2	1	Won
27	Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	Adelaide	Dec 2001	3	4	Lost
23	Devdutt Padikkal	India	Perth Optus	Nov 2024	3	1	Won

 

 

 

7 The number of occasions Test sides have managed to win by a huge run-margin of 200-plus despite being dismissed for 150 or less, batting first. India joins this list for the first time in its history, thanks to its exploits in the Perth Test match.

Test sides winning by a huge run-margin of 200-plus after being dismissed for less than 150 runs, batting first

Total	By	Won by	Against	Venue	Date	Winning captain
92	England	210 runs	South Africa	Cape Town	4 Apr 1899	Lord Hawke
112	Australia	229 runs	England	Melbourne	4 Jan 1902	Joe Darling
116	Australia	202 runs	West Indies	Sydney	29 Jan 1952	Lindsay Hassett
127	West Indies	204 runs	Pakistan	Port of Spain	18 Apr 1993	Richie Richardson
149	West Indies	343 runs	Australia	Bridgetown	24 Apr 1991	Viv Richards
150	Sri Lanka	240 runs	West Indies	Kandy	25 Jul 2005	Marvan Atapattu
150	India	295 runs	Australia	Perth Optus	25 Nov 2024	Jasprit Bumrah

 

295 The victory margin by runs in the recent Perth Test is India’s third most significant, away from home. It is Australia’s seventh biggest loss by runs at home and its second worst this century after the 309-run defeat against South Africa in Perth WACA on 3 December 2012.

Biggest away Test victories for India by runs

By runs	Against	Venue	Date	Indian captain
318	West Indies	North Sound	25 Aug 2019	Virat Kohli
304	Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jul 2017	Virat Kohli
295	Australia	Perth Optus	25 Nov 2024	Jasprit Bumrah
279	England	Leeds	23 Jun 1986	Kapil Dev
278	Sri Lanka	Colombo PSS	24 Aug 2015	Virat Kohli

 

All records are correct and updated until 25 November 2024.