The border Gavaskar Test series has come to an end, and Australia have won the series 2-0. It was a very well fought series, almost all the matches went into the last session of Day 5 with both the teams having a chance to win the game, there is nothing more that a cricket fan can expect. Lots of records were created, here are some of the stats from the 4 match test series:
- Most Runs in the Series:
|
Player Name |
Runs Scored |
|
Steven Smith |
769 |
|
Virat Kohli |
692 |
|
Murali Vijay |
482 |
|
David Warner |
427 |
|
Chris Rogers |
417 |
|
Ajinkya Rahane |
399 |
- Most Wickets in the series:
|
Player Name |
Wickets Taken |
|
Nathan Lyon |
23 |
|
Mohammed Shami |
15 |
|
Mitchell Johnson |
13 |
|
Josh Hazlewood |
12 |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin |
12 |
|
Umesh Yadav |
11 |
- Most Hundreds:
|
Player Name |
Number of Hundred’s |
Highest Socre |
|
Steve Smith |
4 |
192 |
|
Virat Kohli |
4 |
169 |
|
David Warner |
3 |
145 |
|
Muraki Vijay |
1 |
144 |
|
Ajinkya Rahane |
1 |
147 |
- Highest Average:
This table includes only those players who have played all the four matches in the series
|
Player Name |
Average |
|
Steve Smith |
128.17 |
|
Virat Kohli |
86.50 |
|
Murali Vijay |
60.25 |
|
Ajinkya Rahane |
57.00 |
|
David Warner |
53.38 |
- Best Bowling in an Innings:
|
Player Name |
Bowling figures |
|
Nathan Lyon |
7 wickets for 152 runs |
|
Josh Hazlewood |
5 wickets for 68 runs |
|
Mohammed Shami |
5 wickets for 112 runs |
|
Nathan Lyon |
5 wickets for 134 runs |
|
Mitchell Johnson |
4 wickets for 61 runs |
- Most runs by visiting batsman in a Test series in Australia:
|
Player Name |
Matches |
Runs |
|
Wally Hammond |
5 |
905 |
|
Alastair Cook |
5 |
766 |
|
Herbet Sutcliffe |
5 |
734 |
|
Aubrey Faulkner |
5 |
732 |
|
Virat Kohli |
4 |
692 |
- Batting summary of the Top Order, that is 1-7 in the series
|
Team |
Runs |
Average |
Hundreds |
|
Australia |
2616 |
52.32 |
8 |
|
India |
2385 |
44.16 |
7 |
- Batting summary of the lower order, that is 8-11 in the series
|
Team |
Runs |
Average |
Fifties |
|
Australia |
372 |
37.20 |
3 |
|
India |
295 |
15.52 |
1 |
- Bowling summary of the team in the series
|
Teams |
Overs |
Wickets |
Average |
|
Australia |
824.4 |
73 |
37.02 |
|
India |
754.5 |
58 |
52.70 |
- Australia’s Test Record at home since 1995
|
Series Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
Win % |
|
35 |
29 |
33 |
3 |
82.85 |
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