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Cheteshwar Pujara added another century to those that helped India to wins in Adelaide and Melbourne.
Rajneesh Gupta has all the numbers.
3 Number of hundreds scored by Cheteshwar Pujara in this series. He had made 123 at Adelaide and 106 at Melbourne. Only one Indian batsman has scored more hundreds in a series in Australia – Virat Kohli – four in 2014-15, while Sunil Gavaskar also made three hundreds in 1977-78.
130 Runs scored by Pujara – fourth most by an Indian batsman on the opening day of a Test in Australia. Virender Sehwag had made 195 at Melbourne in 2003-04, followed by 144 by Murali Vijay at Brisbane in 2014-15 and 132 by Sunil Gavaskar also at Sydney in 1985-86.
162.14 Average number of balls faced by Cheteshwar Pujara in the series so far – most by an Indian batsman in a Test series in Australia.
399 Number of innings taken by Virat Kohli to aggregate 19000 runs in international cricket (Tests + ODIs + T20Is) – the fewest among the 12 players who have accomplished this feat.
0 Number of Tests Virat Kohli has lost after winning the toss. Before Thursday, Virat had won 18 out of 21 such Tests, with three draws.
1 First time ever two players from Karnataka opened the innings together for India in a Test.
11.40 KL Rahul’s batting average in this series (57 runs from 5 innings) – the third worst by an Indian opening batsman in a series in Australia (minimum 5 innings). Wasim Jaffer had an average of 8.16 (49 runs in 6 innings) in 2007-08 and Chandu Sarwate had an average of 10.77 (97 runs in 9 innings) in 1947-48.