- Cheteshwar Pujara’s 1258 balls faced is the most by a visiting batsman in a four-match series in Australia.
- Rishabh Pant’s 159* is the highest score by an Indian wicket-keeper overseas, eclipsing MS Dhoni’s 148 at Faisalabad.
- Since 2018, only Virat Kohli and Babar Azam average more than Rishabh Pant in international cricket among batsmen with at least 56 innings.
- 7/622 is India’s third highest innings total outside Asia.
- Since his debut, nobody has scored as many scores above 90 as Pant.
- Australia has bowled 4000+ balls in a four-match series sixteen times, the most recent two coming in their last three series.
- Pujara has left 274 balls in the series, only 12 fewer than Tim Paine, Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb and Mitchell Marsh combined.
- Mitchell Starc’s average speed in the series is 147.5 km/h, his all-time highest.
- Australian fast-bowlers have bowled only 8.5% of the balls at the stumps, the second lowest rate at home since 2007.
- India is the only side to declare in three consecutive innings against Australia, once in 2008 at Delhi and Mohali and now in this series.
- India has the highest number of 600+ totals at the SCG by a visiting side.
- Nathan Lyon has the only LBW dismissal of the series by an Australian, 25 times Indians got out this way in the series against England.
- Pujara has batted over 1700 minutes in this series, time enough to have batted throughout a Test match all on his own.
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