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Australia continued to dominate India on day 2 of the WTC 2023 final, as they managed to end their first innings on a high note. While they put 469 runs on the board, they also restricted the Indian side to a total of 151/5. Among Indian bowlers, Siraj ended up picking four wickets, while Shami and Thakur picked two wickets each.
Indian batters failed to play the Australian pace bowling attack as their top order completely failed and only Jadeja managed to score 48 runs with the bat. At the end of Day 2, all the Australian bowlers have one wicket each to their name.
Numbers and stats from AUS vs IND Day 2:
3 - Steven Smith became the third Australian batsman to complete 2000 runs against India in Test cricket.
Most runs vs India in Tests:
Ricky Ponting - 2555
Michael Clarke - 2049
Steven Smith - 2008
Most Test Centuries by a Visiting Batsman at Kennington, Oval:
Bruce Mitchell - 3
Steven Smith - 3
7 - Steven Smith recorded his 7th Test hundred on English soil.
Most Test hundreds on England soil by a visiting batsman:
Don Bradman - 11
Steve Waugh - 7
Steven Smith - 7
14 - Steven Smith has recorded joint-most hundreds against the Indian team in international cricket.
Most centuries vs India in international cricket:
Ricky Ponting - 14
Steven Smith - 14
Joe Root - 12
Viv Richards - 11
Kumar Sangakkara - 11
Most Test centuries vs India:
Joe Root - 9
Steven Smith - 9
Gary Sobers - 8
Viv Richards - 8
Ricky Ponting - 8
31 - Steven Smith smashed his 31st Test hundred.
Most Test hundreds for Australia:
Ricky Ponting - 41
Steve Waugh - 32
Steven Smith - 31
Matthew Hayden - 30
Don Bradman - 29
Most hundreds in International cricket among active players:
Virat Kohli - 75
Joe Root - 45
David Warner- 45
Rohit Sharma - 43
Steven Smith - 43
50 - Mohammed Siraj completed the milestone of picking 50 wickets (51) in Test cricket.
100 - Ajinkya Rahane completed the milestone of taking 100 catches as fielder in Test cricket.
163 - Travis Head scored 163 runs in first innings of this game.
Highest score for Travis Head in Test cricket:
175 vs WI in Adelaide, 2022
163 vs IND at The Oval, 2023
161 vs SL in Canberra, 2022