Records that tumbled in historic win by India over Australia

NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – In what was a historic test match India has defeated Australia by 31 runs on the 2nd session of last day of the test match to win first test match of the series in 70 years and 11 unsuccessful attempts.

In this wining process batsman like Pujara, Rahane and bowlers like Ashiwn, Bumrah, Shami and Sharma contributed immensely and made Virat 1st captain to win the first test of the series in Australia. In it Rishbh Pant also broke a record.

So, let’s see what changes this match made in the records

*Bowlers who have taken the final wicket to win a Test most often:

22 S Warne, 18 M Muralitharan, 16 R Ashwin, 14 R Herath, 13 Waqar Younis

* Virat Kohli’s record when he wins the toss: Tests: 20*, Won: 16, Draw: 3

* In seven previous away Tests he won the toss, India went on to win six and draw one (vs Ban, Fatullah, 2015).

* India lost the first Test in England by 31 runs & went on to lose the series 1-4. ……tells the importance of starting right.

* Now that they have won the first Test v Aus (also by 31 runs!), they should not squander this opportunity.

* Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain to win a Test in Australia, England and South Africa.

* Cheteshwar Pujara’s first Man of the Match award outside Asia.

* Dravid reached his 5000 runs during a knock of 148 at Leeds in 2002.  Pujara’s came during the knock of 123 in 1st innings of the Adelaide Test. Both took 108 innings to the 5000-run milestone. #AUSvIND

* Quickest to 25 wins as a Test captain

Ricky Ponting….33 Tests, Steve Waugh…..35, VIRAT KOHLI……43, Viv Richards…….44

* Indian captains with most Test wins:

27  MS Dhoni (in 60 Tests) 25  VIRAT KOHLI (in 43) 21  Sourav Ganguly (in 49) 14  Mohammad Azharuddin (in 47)

* Most catches in a Test:

11 Jack Russell v SA, J’burg, 1995, 11 AB de Villiers v Pak, J’burg, 2013, 11* Rishabh Pant v Aus, Adelaide, 2018

Most for India:

11* Pant, 10 Saha v SA, Cape Town, 2018, 9 Dhoni v Aus, MCG, 2014