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Australia despite losing the first two Test matches have made a strong comeback in 3rd Test to beat India by a very big margin (of 9 wickets) and finished their previous game inside 7 sessions itself. With this win, they ensured their spot in WTC 2023 Final while Indian side despite retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be looking to finish on a very high note by winning the series. They will be looking forward to play the same Australian side once again in final of WTC 2023.
India have notably retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for 4th consecutive time. India have won 2017, 2018/19, 2020/21 Test series against Australia and India have 2-1 lead in the ongoing Test series.
Numbers and stats before start of IND vs AUS 4th Test match:
2 - Nathan Lyon needs 2 more wickets to go past Derek Underwood and become the leading wicket-taker against India on Indian soil in Test cricket.
Most wickets vs India on Indian soil in Test cricket:
Derek Underwood - 54
Nathan Lyon - 53
Richie Benaud - 52
5 - Ravichandran Ashwin needs 5 more wickets to surpass Anil Kumble and become the highest wicket-taker for India in Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Most wickets for India in Border-Gavaskar Trophy:
Anil Kumble - 111
Ravichandran Ashwin - 107
Harbhajan Singh - 95
6 - India have won 6 out of 14 Test matches that they have played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
India in Tests at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad:
Matches - 14
Won - 6
Draw - 6
Lost - 2
Last time India lost a Test match at this venue was against South Africa in April 2008.
9 - Cheteshwar Pujara needs 9 more runs to complete 2000 runs in Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Most runs by an Indian in Border-Gavaskar Trophy:
Sachin Tendulkar - 3262
VVS Laxman - 2434
Rahul Dravid - 2143
Cheteshwar Pujara - 1991
Virat Kohli - 1793
Most runs by an Indian in Border-Gavaskar Trophy on home soil:
Sachin Tendulkar - 1821
VVS Laxman - 1198
Rahul Dravid - 1000
Cheteshwar Pujara - 998
Murali Vijay - 793
21 - Rohit Sharma needs 21 more runs to become 6th Indian to complete 17,000 runs in international cricket.
Most runs for India in international cricket:
Sachin Tendulkar - 34357
Virat Kohli - 25047
Rahul Dravid - 24064
Sourav Ganguly - 18433
MS Dhoni - 17092
Rohit Sharma - 16979
42 - Virat Kohli needs 42 more runs to complete 4000 runs in Test cricket on home soil.
Most Test runs for India on home soil:
Sachin Tendulkar - 7216
Rahul Dravid - 5598
Sunil Gavaskar - 5067
Virender Sehwag - 4656
Virat Kohli - 3958
50 - Axar Patel needs 2 more wickets and Mohammed Siraj needs 3 more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 50 wickets in Test cricket.
56 - Rohit Sharma needs 56 more runs to complete 3000 runs as captain in international cricket.
Most runs for India as captain in international cricket:
Virat Kohli - 12883
MS Dhoni - 11207
Mohammad Azharuddin - 8095
Sourav Ganguly - 7643
Sachin Tendulkar - 4508
Rahul Dravid - 4394
Sunil Gavaskar - 4151
Rohit Sharma - 2944
