52 - number of extras conceded by Australia [ Images ]. This equals the worst performance by Australia in an innings. Australia had conceded 52 extras to England [ Images ] at Brisbane [ Images ] in 1982-83 in their score of 309.
50 - overs bowled by Kumble in the match without taking a wicket - his second worst match performance. At Cape Town against South Africa [ Images ] in 1996-97 he had bowled 51 overs without getting a wicket against his name.
13 - Zaheer Khan [ Images ] became the 13th Indian to perform the allround feat of scoring a fifty and capturing a five-wicket haul in the same match. He is the third Indian to do so against Australia after Rusi Surti (twice) and Kapil Dev [ Images ].
13 - Matthew Hayden's [ Images ] run-aggregate in the match - his lowest against India [ Images ]. His previous lowest was 29 (12+17) at Adelaide in 2003-04.
2 - number of times India's number 8 and 9 batsmen scored fifties together in the same innings of a Test against Australia. Harbhajan (54) and Zaheer (57*) were preceded only by Anil Kumble [ Images ] (87) and Harbhajan (63) at Adelaide in January this year.
1 - number of times India have chased a fourth innings target between 250 and 300 against Australia. India won that match by 7 wickets - way back in 1964-65 at Bombay (Brabourne).
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