India v Australia 3rd Test, Day 2 – Statistical Highlights

India did far better on the 2nd day of the Ranchi Test with the ball restricting the visitors to 451 after Australia ended the first day at 299/4. Ravindra Jadeja picked up 5 wickets to bundle out the Aussies, who were led by their captain Steve Smith with an unbeaten 178.

In reply, India ended the day with 120/1 on board losing the wicket for in-form batsman KL Rahul who scored an attacking 65. Here we look at all the stats and numbers recorded during the final day’s play.

2 – Glenn Maxwell became the 2nd Australian after Shane Watson to score centuries in all the three formats of the game. He is the 13th player overall.

3 – Steven Smith became the 3rd visiting captain to score two centuries in the same Test series in India after Clive Lloyd and Alastair Cook.

4 – Number of fifty-plus opening stands India has recorded in Test cricket in 2016/17. The previous half century stand before this came in Chennai Test vs England where Rahul and Parthiv Patel put on 152.

5 – Steven Smith became the 5th visiting captain to score a 150+ score in Test cricket in India. The last one was Alastair Cook in 2012.

5 – Number of centuries Steven Smith has scored as captain against India, the 2nd most by any player against India as captain in Tests. Clive Lloyd scored 7 centuries as West Indies’ captain over India in this format.

9 – Australia scoring 451 is the 9th instance when the team has scored 400 plus runs in first innings of a Test match in India. In the previous 8 instances, they lost 4 games and won one. One game ended in a tie while other two concluded as draws.

49.3 – Number of overs Ravindra Jadeja bowled in Australia’s first innings. These are the most overs an Indian bowled since Wellington Test match in 2014 vs New Zealand. Zaheer Khan and Jadeja himself bowled 51 and 52 overs respectively in the 2nd innings of that Test.

91 – KL Rahul and Murali Vijay’s 91-run opening stand is the best for this pair. Previous highest stand between them in Tests was 52 vs New Zealand at Kanpur.

178* – Steven Smith’s 178* is the 3rd highest individual score by an Australian in Test cricket in India. This is the highest by an Australian captain overhauling Michael Clarke’s 130 at Chennai, 2013.

180 – Balls Glenn Maxwell took for his century in the first innings. This was his 11th century in professional cricket. Among those eleven, the 180 balls he has taken in this game were the most. He took 147 balls for his century in a FC game against South Australia in the 2013/14 season.

361 – Number of balls Steven Smith faced in the first innings of this Test, the joint most he has faced in a Test inning. He faced 361 balls vs West Indies at Kingston in 2015 as well.

2014 – Last time before Glenn Maxwell in this Test, an Australian scored a century in Test cricket batting at No.6 or lower was Steven Smith in 2014 vs South Africa at Centurion.

3842 – Number of balls Ravindra Jadeja has bowled in 2016/17 season in Test cricket so far, the 2nd most by any player in a single season. Ravichandran Ashwin holds the record with 4029 balls in the current season only.