- Damien Martyn (104) scored the eighth century of his Test career in his 46th Test his first against India. Martyn's previous highest against India was 66 not out at Brisbane in 2003-04.
- Martyn became the 15th batsman (on the 16th occasion) to reach the three-figure mark with a six against India when he cleared the long-off boundary off Anil Kumble to take his score from 96 to 102. Martyn became the first Australian to do so against India. Kumble, at the other hand, was at the receiving end for the third time in his career.
- Martyn also completed his 3,000 runs when his score reached 51. He became the 29th Australian to reach this landmark.
- The 139-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Damien Martyn and Jason Gillespie was the eighth (joint) highest partnership in Test cricket involving a nightwatchman. Interestingly Gillespie's contribution was only 26 runs!
- The wicket of Gillespie was the 50th for Harbhajan against Australia. It took him only seven Tests to reach this landmark. Harbhajan now holds the world record of taking 50 wickets against Australia in least number of Tests equalling England's Tom Richardson's record. The previous Indian record was held by another offie Erapally Prasanna, who did so in his ninth Test.
- With the wicket of Michael Kasprowicz, Kumble has become the leading wicket taker for India against Australia equalling Kapil Dev's tally of 79 wickets. Kumble has done so taking eight Tests and 342 balls lesser than Kapil.
- Kumble (13-181) returned his second best match figures after his 14 for 149 against Pakistan at Delhi in 1998-99.
- Kumble has now taken a dozen wickets in a Test on three occasions -- most by an Indian. He was earlier at level with fellow teammate Harbhajan Singh and Vinoo Mankad with two such instances.
- Kumble's wicket tally at the end of the Australian second innings stands at 415 -- one more than Pakistan's Wasim Akram. Kumble is now on seventh spot among the leading wicket takers in Test cricket. The next two nearest targets for Kumble are Richard Hadlee (431) and Kapil Dev (434).
- The 19 byes conceded by Parthiv Patel in second innings equals the worst performance by an Indian wicketkeeper against Australia. Nayan Mongia had also conceded 19 byes at Kolkata in 2000-01.
- Patel conceded 26 byes in the match- a new record for an Indian wicketkeeper against Australia. The previous record was on the name of Nayan Mongia who conceded 25 byes in Kolkata match in 2000-01. Overall it was the fourth worst performance by an Indian wicketkeeper.
- Patel has now allowed 20 or more byes in a match on three occasions in his short career of 18 Tests, which equals the tally of Farokh Engineer. Now only Nayan Mongia (6) is ahead of Patel for India.
- India have successfully chased a fourth innings target of 200-plus only once at home. Interestingly that performance had come against Australia at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in 1964-65 when India reached 256 for 8 after being set a target of 253 in the fourth innings.
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