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Stats: Vijay, Ashwin lead the Indian dominance

Last updated on: March 24, 2013 22:46 IST

Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first skipper to post eight consecutive Test victories against Australia on Indian soil after wining the Delhi Test by six wickets.

Under his leadership, India won 24, lost 12 and drew 11 out of 47 matches contested -- a success percentage of 51.06.

Spinner R Ashwin’s emerged India’s most successful bowler, claiming 29 wickets, while opener Murali Vijay, who was included in the side in place of Gautam Gambhir aggregated a whopping 430 runs in the series, at an average of 61.42.

At the conclusion of the series, Rajneesh Gupta presents the averages of players from both sides.

India: batting and fielding

  Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100 50 0
M Vijay 4 7 0 430 167 61.42 2 1 0
CA Pujara 4 7 2 419 204 83.80 1 2 0
MS Dhoni 4 6 2 326 224 81.50 1 0 0
V Kohli 4 6 1 284 107 56.80 1 1 0
SR Tendulkar 4 7 1 192 81 32.00 0 1 0
S Dhawan 1 1 0 187 187 187.00 1 0 0
RA Jadeja 4 5 1 85 43 21.25 0 0 0
B Kumar 4 4 1 80 38 26.66 0 0 0
V Sehwag 2 3 0 27 19 9.00 0 0 0
R Ashwin 4 4 0 20 12 5.00 0 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 2 2 0 11 11 5.50 0 0 1
AM Rahane 1 2 0 8 7 4.00 0 0 0
I Sharma 4 4 2 6 4* 3.00 0 0 2
PP Ojha 2 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 1

India: bowling

  Mts Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best Avg SR RPO 5WI
R Ashwin 4 241.2 74 583 29 7-103 20.10 49.93 2.41 4
RA Jadeja 4 193.2 53 419 24 5-58 17.45 48.33 2.16 1
PP Ojha 2 86.1 19 238 7 2-19 34.00 73.86 2.76 0
I Sharma 4 97 23 265 7 3-72 37.85 83.14 2.73 0
B Kumar 4 64 9 239 6 3-31 39.83 64.00 3.73 0
Harbhajan Singh 2 84 17 204 5 2-52 40.80 100.80 2.42 0
SR Tendulkar 4 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.00 0

Australia: batting and fielding

  Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0
MJ Clarke 3 6 0 286 130 47.66 1 1 1
EJM Cowan 4 8 0 265 86 33.12 0 1 0
DA Warner 4 8 0 195 71 24.37 0 2 1
SPD Smith 2 4 0 161 92 40.25 0 1 0
MC Henriques 3 6 1 156 81* 31.20 0 2 2
PJ Hughes 4 8 0 147 69 18.37 0 1 2
MA Starc 2 4 0 145 99 36.25 0 1 0
PM Siddle 4 8 0 139 51 17.37 0 2 2
MS Wade 3 6 0 113 62 18.83 0 1 0
SR Watson 3 6 0 99 28 16.50 0 0 0
JL Pattinson 3 6 2 68 30 17.00 0 0 1
NM Lyon 3 6 3 54 18 18.00 0 0 0
BJ Haddin 1 2 0 51 30 25.50 0 0 0
GJ Maxwell 2 4 0 39 13 9.75 0 0 0
XJ Doherty 2 4 3 24 18* 24.00 0 0 0
MG Johnson 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 0 0 1

 

Australia: bowling

  Mts Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best Avg SR RPO 5WI
NM Lyon 3 127.1 9 560 15 7-94 37.33 50.87 4.40 1
JL Pattinson 3 79 19 250 9 5-96 27.77 52.67 3.16 1
PM Siddle 4 110.4 27 305 9 5-71 33.88 73.78 2.75 1
GJ Maxwell 2 41 2 193 7 4-127 27.57 35.14 4.70 0
XJ Doherty 2 77.1 25 242 4 3-131 60.50 115.75 3.13 0
MC Henriques 3 53 12 155 2 1-48 77.50 159.00 2.92 0
MA Starc 2 58.3 9 200 2 2-74 100.00 175.50 3.41 0
SPD Smith 2 10 0 63 1 1-63 63.00 60.00 6.30 0
MJ Clarke 3 8 2 25 0 - - - 3.12 0
DA Warner 4 4 0 33 0 - - - 8.25 0
MG Johnson 1 19 3 60 0 - - - 3.15 0

 

Rajneesh Gupta