Home Statsman India vs Australia: The come-from-behind series win in numbers From Steve Smith's 27th Test ton to the number of games Australia has won at the Gabba. Mohandas Menon 25 January, 2021 15:09 IST Mohandas Menon 25 January, 2021 15:09 IST 4The number of times India has managed to win a three- or four-match Test series after losing the first match.SeriesOpponentVenueResult (Tests)SequenceCaptain (in final winning match)2000-01AustraliaIndia2-1 (3)LWWSourav Ganguly2015-16Sri LankaSri Lanka2-1 (3)LWWVirat Kohli2016-17AustraliaIndia2-1 (4)LWDWAjinkya Rahane+2020-21AustraliaAustralia2-1 (4)LWDWAjinkya Rahane#+ Kohli was the captain in the first three Tests.# Kohli was the captain in the first Test.9The number of times Australia has lost a Test match at the Gabba in Brisbane in the 63 Tests played there since December 1931. The home side has won 40 of its Tests at the ground.Australia’s defeats at the GabbaNo.OpponentLost byDates1England6 wicketsFebruary 10-16, 19332England322 runsDecember 4-9, 19363West Indies125 runsDecember 6-10, 19684England7 wicketsDecember 1-6, 19785West Indies8 wicketsNovember 23-26, 19846New ZealandInnings and 41 runsNovember 8-12, 19857England7 wicketsNovember 14-19, 19868West Indies9 wicketsNovember 18-21, 19889India3 wicketsJanuary 15-19, 2021Note: India became the first Afro-Asian side to win a Test match in Brisbane.136The number of innings Steve Smith took to reach his 27th Test century, during his knock of 131 against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 8, is now the second-quickest. The great Don Bradman reached the mark in just 70 innings, doing so in January 1948, also against India. While Bradman was the first to reach the landmark, Smith is the 20th.Fewest innings to register 27 Test centuriesInningsTestsBatsmanAchieved onFiftiesRunsAverageAge7046Don BradmanJanuary 23, 1948116,431102.0839 years, 149 days13676Steve SmithJanuary 8, 2021297,36861.9231 years, 220 days14188Sachin TendulkarDecember 13, 2001297,30357.9628 years, 233 days14184Virat KohliNovember 23, 2019227,20254.9831 years, 18 days15488Sunil GavaskarApril 5, 1983337,58553.4233 years, 269 daysNote: Smith is also the second-quickest to reach the landmark in terms of matches.11The number of times Steve Smith has scored a century and a fifty in the same Test match. His 131 and 81 against India in Sydney make him only the second batsman in Test cricket to achieve the double that many times, after South Africa’s Jacques Kallis.Most times registering a century and a fifty in the same Test matchNo. of timesBatsmanCountryPeriod11Jacques KallisSouth AfricaJanuary 1999-January 201111Steve SmithAustraliaDecember 2014-January 202110Ricky PontingAustraliaAugust 2001-January 20129Allan BorderAustraliaSeptember 1979-September 19929Kumar SangakkaraSri LankaAugust 2004-June 20148Alastair CookEnglandMarch 2006-September 20188Virat KohliIndiaAugust 2012-August 2018Notes:- The tallies for Kallis, Border and Sangakkara include a century in each innings on two occasions.- Ponting’s tally includes a century in each innings on three occasions.- Kohli’s tally includes a century in each innings once.- Neither Smith nor Cook have registered a century in each innings.- Cook's first instance came on debut, while his last effort came in his final Test match – both against India.14.28Hanuma Vihari’s batting strike rate during his match-saving unbeaten 23 in 161 balls in the fourth innings of the Sydney Test match is one of the slowest by an Indian batsman while facing at least 150 deliveries. Yashpal Sharma registered a strike rate of 8.28 during his match-saving 13 off 157 balls in Adelaide in January 1981 – 40 years ago!Slowest Test knocks by Indian batsmen (minimum 150 balls faced)Strike rateBatsmanRuns/BallsAgainstVenueMonth/yearResult8.28Yashpal Sharma13/157AustraliaAdelaideJanuary 1981Draw14.28Hanuma Vihari23*/161AustraliaSydneyJanuary 2021Draw16.25Chandu Sarwate26/160AustraliaBrisbaneDecember 1947Lost18.63Manoj Prabhakar41*/220New ZealandChennaiOctober 1995Draw18.81Hemu Adhikari38/202AustraliaMelbourneFebruary 1948LostNotes:- The above table only includes instances where the data for balls faced is available.-Vihari’s match strike rate of 13.57 for his aggregate of 27 runs off 199 balls (4 in 38 balls and 23* in 161 balls) in Sydney is now also the second-slowest for India behind Rahul Dravid’s 11.66 for his aggregate of 21 runs off 180 balls (5 in 66 balls and 16 in 114 balls) in Melbourne in December 2007.97Rishabh Pant’s score during India’s run chase against Australia in Sydney is now the second-highest by an Indian wicketkeeper in the fourth innings of a Test match. He has the distinction of also scoring the highest. Pant joins Syed Kirmani and Deep Dasgupta to become the third Indian ’keeper to make fifty-plus scores twice in run chases. Pant’s 97 is now the eighth-highest by a wicketkeeper overall and the second-highest against Australia.Fifty-plus scores in the fourth innings of a Test match by Indian wicketkeepersScoreWicketkeeperAgainstVenueMonth/yearResult114Rishabh PantEnglandThe OvalSeptember 2018Lost97Rishabh PantAustraliaSydneyJanuary 2021Draw89Rishabh PantAustraliaBrisbaneJanuary 2021Won76*M. S. DhoniEnglandLord’sJuly 2007Draw67*Parthiv PatelEnglandMohaliNovember 2016Won63Deep DasguptaSouth AfricaPort ElizabethNovember 2001Draw60Deep DasguptaEnglandAhmedabadDecember 2001Draw55Syed KirmaniAustraliaBrisbaneDecember 1977Lost52Nayan MongiaPakistanChennaiJanuary 1999Lost51Syed KirmaniAustraliaAdelaideFebruary 1978LostNote: Pant’s 114 at the Oval is the third-highest score by a ’keeper in the fourth innings of a Test match.Highest scores in the fourth innings of a Test match by wicketkeepers against AustraliaScoreWicketkeeperCountryVenueMonth/yearResult106*Alan KnottEnglandAdelaideJanuary 1975Lost97Rishabh PantIndiaSydneyJanuary 2021Draw89Rishabh PantAustraliaBrisbaneJanuary 2021Won83Quinton de KockSouth AfricaDurbanMarch 2018Lost75Moin KhanPakistanKarachiOctober 1998Draw72*Sarfaraz AhmedPakistanSydneyJanuary 2017Lost26.54Cheteshwar Pujara’s batting strike rate during his first-innings knock of 56 in 211 balls in the Brisbane game on January 19 is now the slowest 50-plus score of his Test career, ahead of his 50 off 179 balls (strike rate of 27.93) against South Africa in Johannesburg on January 24, 2018. His Brisbane knock is also his slowest to reach 50 in terms of balls, having got his half-century in 196 balls. His previous slowest was in the Sydney Test, where he needed 174 balls. Interestingly, his fourth-slowest fifty (in 170 balls) came in his second-innings knock of 77 in Sydney.Slowest 50-plus Test scores by Cheteshwar PujaraStrike rateScoreBallsAgainstVenueMonth/yearResult26.5456211AustraliaBrisbaneJanuary 2021Won27.9350179South AfricaJohannesburgJanuary 2018Won28.4150#176AustraliaSydneyJanuary 2021Draw33.23106319AustraliaMelbourneDecember 2018Won34.6272208EnglandNottinghamAugust 2018Won34.8071204AustraliaAdelaideDecember 2018Won37.5677##205AustraliaSydneyJanuary 2021Draw# first innings; ## second inningsAll records updated at the end of the Brisbane Test match. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.