· Shane Warne (6-125) claimed his first five-wicket innings haul against India in his 13th Test. His previous best was 4-47 at Mumbai in 2000-01.
Warne has now taken a five-for against seven Test-playing countries. He is yet to take a five-for against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
· The wicket of Parthiv Patel was the 300th for Warne on foreign soil in his 62nd Test. He became first bowler to do so. Incidentally, West Indian Courtney Walsh holds the second place among the bowlers taking most wickets away from home, with 290 wickets from 74 appearances.
· Mohammad Kaif (64), playing in his fifth Test, scored his maiden fifty. His previous highest was 37 against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2001.
· The seventh-wicket partnership of 102 runs between Kaif and Parthiv Patel is India's best against Australia at home soil. The pair bettered the 95 run-partnership between Hemu Adhikari and G S Ramchand in 1956-57 a the Brabourne stadium. Incidentally, this was only the third century partnership for India for the seventh wicket against Australia in all matches -- home or away -- and second highest after 132 run-partnership between Vijay Hazare and Hemu Adhikari at Adelaide in 1947-48.
· The Kaif-Patel partnership is also the highest seventh-wicket partnership achieved at the Chidambaran stadium. The pair expunged the 100 run-partnership between Alvin Kallicharran and Derick Parry for the West Indies in 1978-79. Incidentally, the previous highest seventh wicket partnership for India on the ground was 93 between Polly Umrigar and CD Gopinath against England in 1951-52.
· Anil Kumble claimed 10 wickets for the sixth time in a match. Already the holder of the Indian record of most ten-wicket match hauls, Kumble now joins England's Derek Underwood and Pakistan's Imran Khan, who have also taken half a dozen 10-wicket match hauls. Now only Muttiah Muralitharan (13), Richard Hadlee (9), Shane Warne (8), Dennis Lillee (7), Clarrie Grimmett (7) and Syd Barnes (7) have taken 10-wickets in a match on more occasions than Kumble.
· Interestingly, in last three consecutive Tests against Australia Indian bowlers have taken ten-wicket match hauls. Anil Kumble himself returned the figures of 12 for 279 at Sydney in January this year, Harbhajan then claimed 11 for 224 in the first Test of this series at Bangalore .and now Kumble again.
· Kumble is now the only non-Englishman to have taken a ten-wicket match haul against Australia both at home and away.
· Kumble has now taken exactly 250 wickets in 43 Tests at home. Only Muralitharan has taken more wickets than Kumble in home matches 342 in 53. However Kumble's strike rate of 54.97 is better than Murali's 55.27!
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