By IANS
New Delhi : V.V.S. Laxman holds the record for playing highest individual innings in all India-Australia Test cricket – a fabulous 281 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2000-01.
The Hyderabadi batsman’s knock was instrumental in India winning that particular Test and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The victory, in which off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took India’s first ever hat-trick in Tests, ended Australia’s golden streak of 16 successive wins.
Sourav Ganugly-led India went on to win the third match in Chennai and clinched the series 2-0.
Following are the individual batting and bowling records between the two countries, ahead of the first Test starting in Melbourne Wednesday.
* HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS:
India: 281 V.V.S.Laxman Kolkata 2000-01
Australia: 257 Ricky Ponting Melbourne 2003-04
* HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS IN AUSTRALIA:
India: 241* Sachin Tendulkar Sydney 2003-04
233 Rahul Dravid Adelaide 2003-04
206 Ravi Shastri Sydney 1991-92
195 Virender Sehwag Melbourne 2003-04
178 V.V.S.Laxman Sydney 2003-04
* HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS VS. INDIA:
Australia: 257 Ricky Ponting Melbourne 2003-04
242 Ricky Ponting Adelaide 2003-04
223 Justin Langer Sydney 1999-00
213 Kim Hughes Adelaide 1980-81
210 Dean Jones Chennai 1986-87
204 Greg Chappell Sydney 1980-81
203 Matthew Hayden Chennai 2000-01
201 Don Bradman Adelaide 1947-48
* MOST RUNS IN A TEST MATCH IN AUSTRALIA:
FOR INDIA:
305 (233 + 72*) Rahul Dravid Adelaide 2003-04
301 (241* + 60*) Sachin Tendulkar Sydney 2003-04
261 (116 + 145) Vijay Hazare Adelaide 1947-48
FOR AUSTRALIA:
288 (257 + 31*) Ricky Ponting Melbourne 2003-04
266 (213 + 53) Kim Hughes Adelaide 1980-81
259 (132 + 127*) Don Bradman Melbourne 1947-48
* LEADING RUN-GETTERS:
OVERALL FOR INDIA:
Batsman M I N.O.Runs H.S. Ave. 100 50 0
Sachin Tendulkar 21 39 4 1859 241* 53.11 7 7 4
Sunil Gavaskar 20 31 1 1550 172 51.67 8 4 2
Gundappa Viswanath 18 31 2 1538 161* 53.03 4 9 1
Rahul Dravid 18 33 4 1480 233 51.03 2 8 2
V.V.S.Laxman 16 29 1 1457 281 52.04 4 6 1
OVERALL FOR INDIA IN AUSTRALIA:
Sachin Tendulkar 12 22 3 1029 241* 54.16 4 3 3
Sunil Gavaskar 11 19 1 920 172 51.11 5 1 2
Dilip Vengsarkar 16 28 2 746 78 28.69 – 4 1
V.V.S.Laxman 7 13 1 715 178 59.58 3 1 1
Rahul Dravid 7 14 3 712 233 64.73 1 3 1
OVERALL FOR AUSTRALIA:
Allan Border 20 35 5 1567 163 52.23 4 9 2
Ricky Ponting 15 27 3 1253 257 52.21 4 4 4
Matthew Hayden 11 22 2 1244 203 62.20 3 6 –
OVERALL FOR AUSTRALIA IN AUSTRALIA:
Ricky Ponting 7 13 3 1081 257 108.10 4 3 1
David Boon 8 15 3 879 135 73.25 5 1 –
Bobby Simpson 8 15 – 833 176 55.53 4 3 –
Allan Border 11 19 4 801 163 53.40 2 5 2
Don Bradman 5 6 2 715 201 178.75 4 1 –
* BEST PARTNERSHIPS:
India: 376 (5th) V.V.S.Laxman and Rahul Dravid
at Kolkata in 2000-01
Australia: 239 (5th) Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting
at Adelaide in 1999-00.
* BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS:
India: 9/69 Jassu Patel Kanpur 1959-60
Australia: 7/27 Mike Whitney Perth 1991-92
BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS IN AUSTRALIA:
India:
8/106 Kapil Dev Adelaide 1985-86
8/141 Anil Kumble Sydney 2003-04
6/41 Ajit Agarkar Adelaide 2003-04
BEST BOWLING IN A MATCH:
India:
15/217 (7/133 + 8/84) Harbhajan Singh Chennai 2000-01
Australia:
* BEST BOWLING IN A TEST MATCH IN AUSTRALIA:
India:
12/104 (6/52 + 6/52) B.S.Chandrasekhar Melbourne 1977-78
12/279 (8/141 + 4/138) Anil Kumble Sydney 2003-04
10/194 (5/89 + 5/105) Bishan Singh Bedi Perth 1977-78
8/109 (8/106 + 0/3) Kapil Dev Adelaide 1985-86
Australia vs. India
12/124 (5/31 + 7/93) Alan Davidson Kanpur 1959-60
12/126 (6/66 + 6/60) Bruce Reid Melbourne 1991-92
12/166 (5/99 + 7/67) Geoff Dymock Kanpur 1979-80
11/31 (5/2 + 6/29) Ernie Toshack Brisbane 1947-48
11/95 (4/68 + 7/27) Mike Whitney Perth 1991-92
11/105 (6/52 + 5/53) Richie Benaud Kolkata 1956-57
* MOST WICKETS IN A TEST SERIES:
Bowler Series Host M Wkts. Ave.5WI 10WM S.R.
India
Harbhajan Singh 2000-01 Ind. 3 32 17.03 4 2 33.47
Bishan Singh Bedi 1977-78 Aus. 5 31 23.87 3 1 56.74
Kapil Dev 1979-80 Ind. 6 28 22.32 2 – 47.82
B.S.Chandrasekhar 1977-78 Aus. 5 28 25.14 3 1 56.39
Dilip Doshi 1979-80 Ind. 6 27 23.33 2 – 68.07
Anil Kumble 2004-05 Ind. 4 27 25.37 3 1 43.89
Erapalli Prasanna 1969-70 Ind. 5 26 25.85 3 1 68.08
Kapil Dev 1991-92 Aus. 5 25 25.80 2 – 68.16
Erapalli Prasanna 1967-68 Aus. 4 25 27.44 2 – 63.24
Australia vs. India
Craig McDermott 1991-92 Aus. 5 31 21.61 3 1 51.16
Richie Benaud 1959-60 Ind. 5 29 19.59 2 – 66.69
Alan Davidson 1959-60 Ind. 5 29 14.86 2 1 50.66
* MOST CAREER WICKETS:
India:
Anil Kumble 14 88 27.17 9 2 54.95
Kapil Dev 20 79 25.35 7 – 60.08
India in Australia:
Kapil Dev 11 51 24.59 5 – 24.59
Bishan Singh Bedi 7 35 27.51 3 1 27.51
Australia:
Richie Benaud 8 52 18.38 5 1 56.79
Glenn McGrath 11 51 18.65 2 1 50.16
Australia in Australia:
Craig McDermott 7 34 25.99 3 1 58.82
Wayne Clark 5 28 25.04 – – 56.61
* HAT-TRICK:
India: Harbhajan Singh Kolkata 2000-01
Australia: No instance
Statistics by Rajesh Kumar