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IND v AUS 2016-17 News

Kohli's worst

13

Runs by Virat Kohli in this match (0 & 13) - the lowest in a home Test where he batted in both inns.

Big task, bad start

2004

Last time India were 2-down for less than 20 when chasing at home, also vs Australia - in Nagpur (2 for 9, chasing 542) and Bangalore (2 for 7, chasing 456); lost both.

Big target

441

The target set by Australia - their third-highest in India. The top-2 had come in 2004-05 series: 542 in Nagpur and 456 in Bangalore and Australia won both.

Steve's streak

5

No. of 100s for Steven Smith against India in 5 consecutive Tests, including this. Before this series, he had hit a century in each match of the 2014-15 home series.

Worst collapse ever

11

No. of runs for which India lost their last seven wickets - their worst ever in Tests. Previous: 18 runs in Christchurch in 1989-90.

Quick five-for

19

No. of balls in which O'Keefe took 5 wickets - the joint second-fewest span of balls vs India. Others: Broad (16 balls), Toshack (19), Imran Khan (19).

mini collapse

1

No. of runs added by India's 5th to 7th wkts - their joint-lowest ever. They had also lost 4 wickets for 1 run against Sri Lanka in Delhi in 2005-06.

After a long time

104

No. of consecutive innings in International matches without a duck for Kohli, before today. His last was in the Cardiff ODI in 2014.

Rare flop start

2

No. of times in the last 9 Test series that Vijay has failed to make 50+ in the first innings of the series - West Indies 2016 and this series.

Starc show

53-1

Runs contributed by Starc and Hazlewood in their 55-run partnership for the tenth wicket.