Australia's Damien Martyn emerged as the top run scorer, while Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble took the most wickets in the recently concluded four-Test series between India and Australia.
Martyn scored a total of 444 at an average of 55.50 with 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries and played a vital role as Australia won their first Test series on Indian soil after 35 years.
Kumble once again showed how dangerous he can be at home. The veteran leg spinner scalped 27 wickets with 3 five-wicket hauls and 1 ten-wicket haul to his credit.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of the series:
Australia - Batting and fielding
| Player | Tests | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Ave. | SR | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
| DR Martyn | 4 | 8 | 0 | 444 | 114 | 55.50 | 50.34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| MJ Clarke | 4 | 8 | 1 | 400 | 151 | 57.14 | 55.40 | 1 | 2 | 7 | - |
| SM Katich | 4 | 8 | 1 | 276 | 99 | 39.42 | 46.85 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| ML Hayden | 4 | 8 | 0 | 244 | 58 | 30.50 | 55.58 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| JL Langer | 4 | 8 | 0 | 228 | 71 | 28.50 | 44.18 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| AC Gilchrist | 4 | 8 | 1 | 218 | 104 | 31.14 | 78.13 | 1 | - | 16 | - |
| DS Lehmann | 3 | 5 | 0 | 132 | 70 | 26.40 | 72.92 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| JN Gillespie | 4 | 7 | 2 | 66 | 26 | 13.20 | 18.23 | - | - | - | - |
| MS Kasprowicz | 4 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 19 | 6.57 | 47.42 | - | - | - | - |
| SK Warne | 3 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 31 | 7.60 | 51.35 | - | - | 4 | - |
| GD McGrath | 4 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 11* | 6.75 | 46.55 | - | - | 2 | - |
| RT Ponting | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11.50 | 67.64 | - | - | 2 | - |
| NM Hauritz | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 7.50 | 62.50 | - | - | 1 | - |
Centuries (4):
151 by MJ Clarke at Bangalore (1st Test)
114 by DR Martyn at Nagpur (3rd Test)
104 by AC Gilchrist at Bangalore (1st Test)
104 by DR Martyn at Chennai (2nd Test)
Australia - Bowling
| Player | Tests | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Ave | Best | 5WI | 10WM | SR | RpO |
| JN Gillespie | 4 | 132.5 | 33 | 323 | 20 | 16.15 | 5-56 | 1 | - | 39.85 | 2.43 |
| GD McGrath | 4 | 141 | 51 | 356 | 14 | 25.42 | 4-55 | - | - | 60.42 | 2.52 |
| SK Warne | 3 | 140 | 27 | 421 | 14 | 30.07 | 6-125 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 3.00 |
| MS Kasprowicz | 4 | 108.3 | 29 | 255 | 9 | 28.33 | 2-11 | - | - | 72.33 | 2.35 |
| MJ Clarke | 4 | 7.2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2.16 | 6-9 | 1 | - | 7.33 | 1.77 |
| NM Hauritz | 1 | 27 | 4 | 103 | 5 | 20.60 | 3-16 | - | - | 32.40 | 3.81 |
| SM Katich | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.50 |
| DS Lehmann | 3 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.63 |
5 Wickets in an innings (3):
6-9 by MJ Clarke at Mumbai (4th Test)
6-125 by SK Warne at Chennai (2nd Test)
5-56 by JN Gillespie at Nagpur (3rd Test)
10 Wickets in a match (nil):
India - Batting and fielding
| Player | Tests | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Ave. | SR | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
| V Sehwag | 4 | 8 | 1 | 299 | 155 | 42.71 | 68.89 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| R Dravid | 4 | 7 | 1 | 167 | 60 | 27.83 | 27.28 | - | 1 | 13 | - |
| PA Patel | 3 | 5 | 0 | 156 | 54 | 31.20 | 41.37 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| M Kaif | 3 | 5 | 0 | 153 | 64 | 30.60 | 40.26 | - | 2 | 7 | - |
| VVS Laxman | 4 | 7 | 0 | 123 | 69 | 17.57 | 48.42 | - | 1 | 6 | - |
| IK Pathan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 55 | 33.33 | 33.33 | - | 1 | - | - |
| A Kumble | 4 | 7 | 2 | 86 | 26 | 17.20 | 40.56 | - | - | 2 | - |
| SR Tendulkar | 2 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 55 | 17.50 | 41.66 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 42 | 13.80 | 55.20 | - | - | 2 | - |
| AB Agarkar | 1 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 44* | 59.00 | 72.83 | - | - | 1 | - |
| SC Ganguly | 2 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 45 | 19.66 | 49.57 | - | - | - | - |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 27 | 15.66 | 34.30 | - | - | 6 | - |
| Z Khan | 4 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 11.75 | 82.45 | - | - | - | - |
| M Kartik | 2 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 6.75 | 56.25 | - | - | 1 | - |
| A Chopra | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 3.75 | 20.54 | - | - | 5 | - |
| KKD Karthik | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7.00 | 40.00 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| G Gambhir | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2.00 | 19.04 | - | - | - | - |
Centuries (1):
155 by V Sehwag at Chennai (2nd Test)
India - Bowling
| Player | Tests | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Ave | Best | 5WI | 10WM | SR | RpO |
| A Kumble | 4 | 197.3 | 30 | 685 | 27 | 25.37 | 7-48 | 3 | 1 | 43.88 | 3.46 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 178.5 | 32 | 504 | 21 | 24.00 | 6-78 | 3 | 1 | 51.00 | 2.81 |
| M Kartik | 2 | 73.3 | 10 | 207 | 12 | 17.25 | 4-44 | - | - | 36.75 | 2.81 |
| Z Khan | 4 | 123.3 | 22 | 368 | 10 | 36.80 | 4-95 | - | - | 74.10 | 2.97 |
| IK Pathan | 2 | 57 | 14 | 168 | 2 | 84.00 | 1-38 | - | - | 171.00 | 2.94 |
| AB Agarkar | 1 | 44 | 9 | 167 | 1 | 167.00 | 1-99 | - | - | 264.00 | 3.79 |
| SC Ganguly | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.66 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.50 |
| SR Tendulkar | 2 | 14 | 2 | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.92 |
| V Sehwag | 4 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 5.00 |
5 Wickets in an innings (6):
7-48 by A Kumble at Chennai (2nd Test) (1st Inns)
6-78 by Harbhajan Singh at Bangalore (1st Test) (2nd inns)
6-133 by A Kumble at Chennai (2nd Test) (2nd inns)
5-29 by Harbhajan Singh at Mumbai (4th Test)
5-90 by A Kumble at Mumbai (4th Test)
5-146 by Harbhajan Singh at Bangalore (1st Test) (1st inns)
10 Wickets in a match (2):
13-181 by A Kumble at Chennai (2nd Test)
11-224 by Harbhajan Singh at Bangalore (1st Test)
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