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Australia bundled out India for 262 runs and have now taken a lead of 62 runs at end of the day with help of brilliant five-wicket haul from Nathan Lyon while other spinners like Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann took 2 wickets each with the ball. India at one stage were struggling at 139/7 but their 8th-wicket stand between Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel of 114 runs have helped India to post a decent total of 262 runs on board.
Numbers and stats from IND vs AUS 2nd Test Day 2 stats review:
3 - Nathan Lyon became 3rd bowler to pick 100 wickets in Border-Gavaskar Trophy after Anil Kumble and R Ashwin.
Most wickets vs India in Tests:
James Anderson - 139
Muralitharan - 105
Nathan Lyon - 100
5 - Matthew Kuhnemann became 5th bowler in Test cricket to pick Virat Kohli's wicket as his maiden wicket.
Bowlers to pick Virat Kohli as their maiden Test wicket:
Kagiso Rabada in Mohali, 2015
Alzarri Joseph in Gros Islet, 2016
Senuram Muthusamy in Visakhapatnam, 2019
Anrich Nortje in Ranchi, 2019
Matthew Kuhnemann in Delhi, 2023
5 - R Ashwin and Axar Patel became 5th Indian pair to record 100-plus run partnership for 8th (or) lower wicket against Australia in Test cricket.
Instances of India's batting pair having 100-plus run partnership against Australia for 8th (or) lower wicket in Tests:
Syed Kirmani-Karsan Ghavri in Mumbai-WS, 1979
Sachin Tendulkar-Harbhajan Singh in Sydney, 2008
Harbhajan Singh-Anil Kumble in Adelaide, 2008
MS Dhoni-Bhuvneshwar Kumar in Chennai, 2013
Axar Patel-Ravi Ashwin in Delhi, 2023
8 - Nathan Lyon took 8th five-wicket haul against India in Test.
Most five-wicket haul in Border-Gavaskar Trophy:
Anil Kumble - 10
Nathan Lyon - 8
Harbhajan Singh - 7
Most five-wicket haul against India in Test cricket:
Nathan Lyon - 8
M Muralitharan - 7
11 - Cheteshwar Pujara has been dismissed by Nathan Lyon for 11th time in Test cricket.
Batters to be dismissed most times by Nathan Lyon in Test cricket:
Cheteshwar Pujara - 11
Ajinkya Rahane - 10
Stuart Broad - 9
Ben Stokes - 9
Moeen Ali - 9
1000 - Travis Head completed the milestone of completing 1000 runs (1024) in WTC'21-23 cycle.
