Ashwin eclipses Muralitharan, fastest to 25 Test five-fers
88 Innings taken by Ravichandran Ashwin to take 25 five-fers in Tests are the fewest by any bowler in the format's history. He is also the only one to do it in less than 100 innings. The previous quickest was Muttiah Muralitharan, who reached the landmark in exactly 100 innings. Among Indian bowlers, only Anil Kumble (35 in 132 Tests) has more five-wicket hauls than Ashwin while Harbhajan Singh has 25 from 103 games.
30 Test matches taken by Ashwin to reach 200 wickets at home - the fewest by any. Anil Kumble, who has 350 wickets in home Tests, took 35 Tests to get to 200. The other players for India with 200-plus wickets at home are Kapil Dev (219) and Harbhajan Singh (265).
269 Wickets taken by Ashwin in Tests - the fifth most by an Indian bowler. He went past Bishan Bedi's tally of 266 scalps. Among the 38 Indian bowlers with 50 or more wickets, Ashwin's 5.72 wickets per Test is the highest for any bowler, one wicket more per Test than the next best - 4.71 by Praghyan Ojha.
36 runs scored by Steve Smith in this Test is his fewest match tally against India. It is also only the second time he has failed to score fifty or more in at least one of the innings. His scores against India read: 92 & 5; 46 & 18; 162* & 52*; 133 & 28; 192 & 14; 117 & 71 and 27 & 109.
6 Nathan Lyon became the sixth bowler to take eight or more wickets in one innings and none in the other innings of the same Test. The others to achieve this distinction before him are Jack Noreiga, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Ravi Ratnayeke and Angus Fraser.
346 Runs scored by Karun Nair before his first-ball duck today - the first time he batted in the third or fourth innings of a Test. His scores before today read 4, 13, 303* and 26, all coming in the team's first innings. Only Sam Loxton of Australia had scored more runs before batting in a second innings - 376 - with scores of 80, 36, 93, 15, 101, 35 and 16.
8 for 50 by Nathan Lyon is the best figures for an Australian bowler in a losing cause, eclipsing Mitchell Johnson's 8 for 61 against South Africa at the WACA in 2008. Overall it is the fifth best figures for any team in a losing cause.
3 This was the third instance of a Test match which featured at least a six-fer in each of the four innings. The previous two came more than 100 years ago - England against Australia at the Oval in 1896 and at the MCG in 1902 .
87-run first-innings deficit conceded by India is the fourth biggest they have overcome to win a home Test. The top two instances also came against Australia - 274 in Kolkata in 2001 and 99 in Mumbai in 2004 . The third such instance was against West Indies in Delhi in 2011 (95 runs).
188 is the joint fourth-lowest target successfully defended by India in Tests. The top two instances also came against Australia - 107 in Mumbai in 2004 and 143 at the MCG in 1981. It was the 13th time Australia lost chasing less than 200, one behind the record of 14 held by England.
75 Winning margin for India - the third highest for any team defending a target of less than 200 in the fourth innings. West Indies won by 147 runs defending 194 against England at Port of Spain in 1994 while Australia won by 89 runs shielding 170 against South Africa at the MCG in 1910/11 .
The previous largest margin of victory for India defending a sub-200 target was 64 - against South Africa in Ahmedabad in 1996 .
Most wickets for India
Player TestsWktsAvg SR 5-fers 10-fers Wkts/Test
A Kumble 132 619 29.6565.935 8 4.69
Kapil Dev 131 434 29.6463.923 2 3.31
Harbhajan Singh 103 417 32.4668.525 5 4.05
Z Khan 92 311 32.9460.411 1 3.38
R Ashwin 47 269 24.7951.425 7 5.72
BS Bedi 67 266 28.7180.314 1 3.97
Lowest targets defended by India
TargetAgainstVenue Margin Start Date
107 Aus Mumbai(WS)13 runs3-Nov-04
143 Aus MCG 59 runs7-Feb-81
170 SA Ahmedabad 64 runs20-Nov-96
188 NZ Mumbai(BS) 60 runs22-Sep-69
188 Aus Bangalore 75 runs4-Mar-17
Ashwin eclipses Muralitharan, fastest to 25 Test five-fers - Cricbuzz