Stats Highlights: Steve Smith only behind Ricky Ponting now

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Stats Highlights: Steve Smith and Travis Head Dominate India

  • Steven Smith's 33rd Test hundred puts him second in the list for Australia, overtaking Steve Waugh's 32. Only Ricky Ponting is now ahead with 41 hundreds.
  • This was Smith's first Test century in 25 innings, ending his longest gap without a three-figure score.
  • Travis Head scored a century after bagging a pair at the same venue earlier in the year, becoming the only player to achieve this feat in the same calendar year.
  • The pair's stand of 241 for the fourth wicket is the fifth highest for any wicket for Australia against India in Tests.
  • Jasprit Bumrah's average against Australia's openers this series is 4.28, the lowest among those who have bowled at least 100 balls to opposition openers in a series.
  • Usman Khawaja has been dismissed by Bumrah three times in 70 balls, while Nathan McSweeny has been dismissed four times in 52 balls.
  • Khawaja's average against right arm pacers bowling around the wicket this series is 4.00, a significant drop from his average of 54.45 in the six years preceding this series.
  • Australia's total of 405/7 is their first 400+ total in 11 home Tests against India across the last three home series.


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