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1.The last time Australia batted out entire day five to draw a Test match in Asia was against Pakistan in Lahore in 1980.
2. This is the first drawn Test for Australia in India since Delhi 2008, ten Tests ago and only the fourth in last 25 years (24 Tests).
3.373 balls faced by Marsh/Handscomb is the second longest stand for any wicket for Australia in second innings in Asia. It is also the most balled-batted out by a pair for Australia in Asia on the fifth day.
4.Ashwin has equalled Dale Steyn's record of 78 wickets (in 2007/08) for the most wickets in a season. Ravindra Jadeja is next in the list with his 67 scalps this season.
5.Jadeja narrowly missed out being the first Indian player to score a fifty & claim a five-for in each innings of a Test match (5/124, 54* & 4/54).
2. This is the first drawn Test for Australia in India since Delhi 2008, ten Tests ago and only the fourth in last 25 years (24 Tests).
3.373 balls faced by Marsh/Handscomb is the second longest stand for any wicket for Australia in second innings in Asia. It is also the most balled-batted out by a pair for Australia in Asia on the fifth day.
4.Ashwin has equalled Dale Steyn's record of 78 wickets (in 2007/08) for the most wickets in a season. Ravindra Jadeja is next in the list with his 67 scalps this season.
5.Jadeja narrowly missed out being the first Indian player to score a fifty & claim a five-for in each innings of a Test match (5/124, 54* & 4/54).
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If the Dharamshala test is washed out, as the weather out there has been off late, Pujara should be blamed for losing the Border Gavraskar trophy to Australia
Virat Kohli unhappy with the ball used in Ranchi Test:
India captain Virat Kohli was not too pleased with the balls used for the Ranchi Test. Australia, led by Peter Handscomb and Shaun Marsh, managed to stave off the Indian attack for long periods and lost only four wickets on the final day to hang onto a draw.
Asked in the post-match presentation on Star Sports if the pitch was not playing up as much as it was expected to, Kohli said,"It was more to do with the ball. I don't think the ball was hard enough for it to bite off the surface. Even the one that got changed wasn't up to standards. I don't know the lot of balls that is coming in, it had nothing to do with the wicket. I think when you don't have the hardness in the ball it's very difficult for the guys to generate pace off the wicket.
"Hard new ball, 40 overs later again, the game gets delayed... If you have a hard ball throughout, then it's a different ball game altogether. Probably when they (Australia) were bowling as well. The harder ball would have made a difference. That's what happens. That's Test cricket. Conditions always don't go your way. You got to test yourselves. Credit to them for playing out the draw," he said.
Source: http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/93435/virat-kohli-unhappy-with-the-ball-used-in-ranchi-test
India captain Virat Kohli was not too pleased with the balls used for the Ranchi Test. Australia, led by Peter Handscomb and Shaun Marsh, managed to stave off the Indian attack for long periods and lost only four wickets on the final day to hang onto a draw.
Asked in the post-match presentation on Star Sports if the pitch was not playing up as much as it was expected to, Kohli said,"It was more to do with the ball. I don't think the ball was hard enough for it to bite off the surface. Even the one that got changed wasn't up to standards. I don't know the lot of balls that is coming in, it had nothing to do with the wicket. I think when you don't have the hardness in the ball it's very difficult for the guys to generate pace off the wicket.
"Hard new ball, 40 overs later again, the game gets delayed... If you have a hard ball throughout, then it's a different ball game altogether. Probably when they (Australia) were bowling as well. The harder ball would have made a difference. That's what happens. That's Test cricket. Conditions always don't go your way. You got to test yourselves. Credit to them for playing out the draw," he said.
Source: http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/93435/virat-kohli-unhappy-with-the-ball-used-in-ranchi-test
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Stats highlights from the final day's play in Ranchi:
2008 The last time Australia played out a draw on Indian soil before today, in Delhi which was the Test before which Murali Vijay made his debut. In the nine Tests since, they lost eight and drew one. This was also their first draw in Asia in 12 Tests since August 2011 (one win, ten losses).
1980 The last time Australia batted out the entire fifth day to hold on to a draw. That match was against Pakistan in Lahore in 1980 where Australia batted out 116 overs in their second innings scoring 391 for eight.
4 Number of times Steve Smith got out to Jadeja in 439 balls. In comparison, he fell to Ashwin only twice in 537 deliveries. He strikes at 61.45 against Ashwin to 30.52 against Jadeja.
24 balls faced by Marsh off Jadeja in the post lunch session out of the 11 overs the latter bowled. Handscomb and Marsh rotated the strike well to shield the latter as much as possible with Jadeja bowling to the rough outside the left-hander's off stump.
373 balls by Marsh and Handscomb is the second longest stand in terms of balls faced for any wicket for Australia in their second innings in Asia. The highest remains 391 balls by Simon Katich and Justin Langer in Colombo(SSC) in 2004.
0 Number of pairs to bat out more balls for Australia in Tests in Asia on the fifth day. They went past 264 balls by the opening pair of Keith Stackpole and Bill Lawry in Kanpur in 1969.
200 Balls faced by Handscomb in Australia's second innings - the first known instance of Australian facing 200-plus balls on the fifth day in Tests in Asia. In the five previous innings this series, he scored exactly 100 runs from 223 balls getting dismissed five times.
78 R Ashwin has equalled Dale Steyn's record of most wickets in a season - 78 in 2007/08. Jadeja is next in the list with 67 scalps to his name this season so far.
93.3 overs bowled by Jadeja in this Test is the most by any Indian bowler in the last 25 years. The last to bowl over 90 overs in a Test for India was Narendra Hirwani who bowled 94 overs against England at the Oval in 1990.
4 Man of the match awards for Pujara. Since his debut in 2010, only Ashwin (7) and Kohli (5) have won more Man of the Match awards for India while Jadeja also has won four.
Most wickets in a season in Tests
Player MatBalls WktsAve SR 5-fers 10-fers Season
D Steyn 12 226178 16.2428.96 2 2007/08
R Ashwin 12 420978 25.5153.97 3 2016/17
R Jadeja 12 410667 22.9861.24 1 2016/17
G McGrath12 310366 20.3647.06 1 1998/99
A Kumble 11 367364 28.3457.35 2 2004/05
Kapil Dev 13 283263 20.2544.95 1 1979/80
Smith vs Ashwin/Jadeja
RunsBallsDisAvg SR Balls/Dis
vs Ashwin330 537 2 165.0061.45268.50
vs Jadeja 134 439 4 33.50 30.52109.75
Stats: Australia's first draw in Asia in 12 Tests - Cricbuzz
2008 The last time Australia played out a draw on Indian soil before today, in Delhi which was the Test before which Murali Vijay made his debut. In the nine Tests since, they lost eight and drew one. This was also their first draw in Asia in 12 Tests since August 2011 (one win, ten losses).
1980 The last time Australia batted out the entire fifth day to hold on to a draw. That match was against Pakistan in Lahore in 1980 where Australia batted out 116 overs in their second innings scoring 391 for eight.
4 Number of times Steve Smith got out to Jadeja in 439 balls. In comparison, he fell to Ashwin only twice in 537 deliveries. He strikes at 61.45 against Ashwin to 30.52 against Jadeja.
24 balls faced by Marsh off Jadeja in the post lunch session out of the 11 overs the latter bowled. Handscomb and Marsh rotated the strike well to shield the latter as much as possible with Jadeja bowling to the rough outside the left-hander's off stump.
373 balls by Marsh and Handscomb is the second longest stand in terms of balls faced for any wicket for Australia in their second innings in Asia. The highest remains 391 balls by Simon Katich and Justin Langer in Colombo(SSC) in 2004.
0 Number of pairs to bat out more balls for Australia in Tests in Asia on the fifth day. They went past 264 balls by the opening pair of Keith Stackpole and Bill Lawry in Kanpur in 1969.
200 Balls faced by Handscomb in Australia's second innings - the first known instance of Australian facing 200-plus balls on the fifth day in Tests in Asia. In the five previous innings this series, he scored exactly 100 runs from 223 balls getting dismissed five times.
78 R Ashwin has equalled Dale Steyn's record of most wickets in a season - 78 in 2007/08. Jadeja is next in the list with 67 scalps to his name this season so far.
93.3 overs bowled by Jadeja in this Test is the most by any Indian bowler in the last 25 years. The last to bowl over 90 overs in a Test for India was Narendra Hirwani who bowled 94 overs against England at the Oval in 1990.
4 Man of the match awards for Pujara. Since his debut in 2010, only Ashwin (7) and Kohli (5) have won more Man of the Match awards for India while Jadeja also has won four.
Most wickets in a season in Tests
Player MatBalls WktsAve SR 5-fers 10-fers Season
D Steyn 12 226178 16.2428.96 2 2007/08
R Ashwin 12 420978 25.5153.97 3 2016/17
R Jadeja 12 410667 22.9861.24 1 2016/17
G McGrath12 310366 20.3647.06 1 1998/99
A Kumble 11 367364 28.3457.35 2 2004/05
Kapil Dev 13 283263 20.2544.95 1 1979/80
Smith vs Ashwin/Jadeja
RunsBallsDisAvg SR Balls/Dis
vs Ashwin330 537 2 165.0061.45268.50
vs Jadeja 134 439 4 33.50 30.52109.75
Stats: Australia's first draw in Asia in 12 Tests - Cricbuzz
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Mohammed Shami could play final Test in Dharamsala
India captain Virat Kohli today hinted that possibility of including fit-again Mohammed Shami who got four wickets for Bengal in the Vijay Hazare final against Tamil Nadu today.
Shami bowled with a lot of fire on a placid Kotla pitch.
“We sent him to play, wanted to give him match practice. I’ve not spoken to selectors but all kinds of possibility approaching the next Test,” Kohli said.
Shami was the part of the Bengal squad which lost the Vijay Hazare Trophy earlier today. However, the loss should not overshadow Shami’s performance in the match as he bowled with a lot of fire, scalping 4 for 26.
Previously, Shami, who played one match for Bengal at the league stage was declared fit to play the summit clash and made a comeback after a pretty long time.
India vs Australia: Mohammed Shami could play final Test in Dharamsala - India.com
India captain Virat Kohli today hinted that possibility of including fit-again Mohammed Shami who got four wickets for Bengal in the Vijay Hazare final against Tamil Nadu today.
Shami bowled with a lot of fire on a placid Kotla pitch.
“We sent him to play, wanted to give him match practice. I’ve not spoken to selectors but all kinds of possibility approaching the next Test,” Kohli said.
Shami was the part of the Bengal squad which lost the Vijay Hazare Trophy earlier today. However, the loss should not overshadow Shami’s performance in the match as he bowled with a lot of fire, scalping 4 for 26.
Previously, Shami, who played one match for Bengal at the league stage was declared fit to play the summit clash and made a comeback after a pretty long time.
India vs Australia: Mohammed Shami could play final Test in Dharamsala - India.com
