India vs Australia, 1st Test Day 3, Stats Review: Spinners' dominance, Ravichandran Ashwin's feat and other stats

Day 3 entirely belonged to team India, as it batted convincingly and managed to put up 400 runs on the board and Australia were behind by 223 runs after India got bowled out in the first innings.  Axar Patel led the lower-middle order batting by notching up his second half-century in Tests, he alongside Ravindra Jadeja added 88 runs for 8^th wicket making sure India are in the driver's seat.

Australia were bundled out for 91 runs in the second innings with India’s spinners making the pitch look intimidating. Ravichandran Ashwin was the chief protagonist on Day 3 for India, as he registered his 31^st fifer to seal a big win for India.

India go 1-0 up in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and are two wins away from clinching the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Meanwhile let us look at the stats and numbers from Day 3 of the 1^st Test between India and Australia:

7 -Todd Murphy took seven wickets in first innings. Best bowling for an Australian bowler in his debut Test. 8/84 by Bob Massie vs England remains the best overall figures.

97 - Ravichandran Ashwin has now 97 wickets in Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He is second on the tally of bowlers with most wickets in Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Anil Kumble occupies the first position with 111 scalps.

4 - Ravindra Jadeja became fourth Indian to take 50 home wickets in Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Most home wickets for Indian bowlers in Border-Gavaskar Trophy:

86 -Harbhajan Singh
62 -Anil Kumble
58 -Ravichandran Ashwin
56 -Ravindra Jadeja

91 - Second-lowest score for Australia in Tests against India.

Lowest Score for Australia in Tests against India:

83 in Melbourne, 1981
91 in Nagpur, 2023
93 in Wankhede, 2004

405 - Marnus Labuschagne has reached the milestone of 400 fours in international cricket.

50 - Steven Smith has completed 50 sixes in Test cricket and became the sixth Australian to do so.

75.20 - Rohit Sharma averages 75.20 in Tests at home.

Highest Batting Average in home Tests (Min 30 inns)
98.22 -Don Bradman
75.20 -Rohit Sharma
70.50 -Marnus Labuschagne

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