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Australia opener David Warner paid a fitting tribute to his deceased teammate Phillip Hughes, scoring a rollicking 145 before India dealt three quick blows at the fag end to share honours on an emotionally charged opening day in the first Test in Adelaide on Tuesday.
Opting to bat first, Australia rode on Warner's 10th Test century and were cruising before the tourists struck three vital blows to reduce them to 354 for six.
Check out the statistical highlights from the day's play.
Michael Clarke registered his 28th fifty in Tests, his seventh against India.
# Clarke (1974, at an average of 54.83, in 22 games) needs 26 runs to complete 2,000 runs against India in Tests.
# As captain, Clarke has scored 13 hundreds and eight fifties in 73 innings.
# For the second time in Tests, he retired hurt -- the first occasion was against Sri Lanka at Hobart in December 2012 -- 57 not out.
# He is the third batsman to average 100-plus in Tests at Adelaide -- his tally being 1339 runs in 10 Tests, at an average of 103.00. He joined Lindsay Hassett (128.25) and Donald Bradman (107.77).
Steven Smith posted his ninth fifty in Tests -- 72 not out off 130 balls -- his second against India.
# He has registered three fifties in his last four innings in Tests.
# Brad Haddin's eighth duck in Tests is his second versus India. He recorded three ducks in a calendar year for the first time.
# After 24 years, an Indian spinner (Karn Sharma) has made his Test debut outside the subcontinent. Anil Kumble had played his first Test against England at Old Trafford in 1990.
David Warner has totalled 959 runs, at an average of 73.76 in seven Tests, the highest tally by an Australian player in 2014.
# His aggregate is the highest by an opening batsman in Tests in 2014.
# Warner and Younis Khan have registered five centuries each in Tests this year.
# Warner registered fifty-plus innings in six consecutive Tests -- 12 & 115 vs South Africa at Centurion, 70 & 66 at Port Elizabeth, 135 & 145 at Cape Town, 133 & 29 vs Pakistan at Dubai, 19 & 58 at Abu Dhabi and 145 vs India at Adelaide.
# Warner (145 off 163 balls) scored his second Test century at Adelaide. He posted 119 vs South Africa in November 2012.
Warner scored his second Test hundred against India, the first was 180 off 159 balls (career-best) at Perth in January 2012.
# He has 10 centuries in Tests -- six in Australia. He has posted eight innings of fifty-plus, the highest by an opening batsman in Tests in 2014.
# He recorded five centuries and three fifties in his last 10 innings.
# He has an impressive record in terms of strike rate while scoring hundreds, which is second highest (86.93), next only to Adam Gilchrist (96.64) (minimum 10 hundreds).
# Warner became the fifth Australian opening batsman to record an average of fifty or more -- 2823 runs at an average of 50.41 in 33 Tests.