India vs Australia, 1st Test: Here's list of remarkable records Kohli's side broke en route to historic Adelaide win
India overcame Australia by 31 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series at the Adelaide Oval on Monday.
India overcame Australia by 31 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series at the Adelaide Oval on Monday.
Chasing 323, Australia were all out for 291 in 119.5 overs on the final day at the Adelaide Oval. The home side resumed from overnight 104 for four, needing 219 more for an improbable victory.
Batting first, India were all out for 250 in their first innings and then bowled out the hosts for 235 to take a 15-run lead.
India made 307 in their second innings to set Australia a challenging target.
Here's list of records made and broke by Virat Kohli and his boys en route to a thrilling win in the first Test in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy:
With a 31-run win in the 1st Test at the Adelaide Oval on Monday, Indian Captain Virat Kohli became the first Asian captain with Test wins in Australia, England, and South Africa. PC: AFP
One more spectacular record that went Kohli's way was that he became the fastest Indian captain to 25 Test wins. Here's an overall list:
Quickest to 25 wins as a Test captain:
Ricky Ponting - 33 TestsSteve Waugh - 35VIRAT KOHLI - 43 Viv Richards - 44
PC: AFP
India's 31-run win over the Aussies at the Adelaide Oval on Monday was very special for this bunch more because this is just the sixth Test that India have won in Australia. PC: PTI
Meanwhile, the hosts Australia had an unwanted record to their name. Their total of 291 all out is the highest total not to include a 50 partnership. The previous record was 284 (Bang v WI, 2004). PC: AFP
The Player of the Match Cheteshwar Pujara had a memorable record to remember for some time. He became the only batsman to score 50+ in all of India's three away wins in 2018:
50 off 179, 1st inngs, Joburg72 off 208, 2nd inngs, Trent Bridge123 (246) & 71 (204), Adelaide
Earlier, he had also become just the third Indian batsman, after Dravid and Mohinder Amarnath, to score a fifty and hundred in a Test in Australia. PC: Reuters
Kohli and Co's victory is big for another reason: they are just the third side to defeat Australia in the first Test of their home season. PC: Twitter
The last three instances of Australia losing the first Test of a home season:
India - 2018/19, AdelaideSouth Africa - 2016/17, PerthWest Indies - 1988/99, Brisbane
During India's tour of England in 2002, Rahul Dravid reached his 5000 runs during his knock of 148 at Leeds. Sixteen years later, Pujara's 5,000 Test runs came during the knock of 123 in 1st innings of the Adelaide Test. And both took 108 innings to the 5000-run milestone. PC: AFP
India's win at the Adelaide Oval in the first Test was the second instance of Team India winning three Tests outside Asia in a calendar year after three wins in New Zealand in 1968. PC: Twitter