Captain MS Dhoni [ Images ]’s heroics with the bat and spinner R Ashwin’s 12 wickets in the match, helped India [ Images ] register a comprehensive 8-wicket victory against Australia [ Images ].
Here are a few statistical highlights from Day 5 of the first Test played in Chennai on Tuesday.
# Twenty wickets fell to Indian spinners in a Test match for the third time -- the second time at Chennai, first occasion being vs England [ Images ] in 1972-73. The only instance of such a record made by Indian bowlers in an overseas Test was against New Zealand [ Images ] at Auckland in 1975-76.
# Dhoni received his second Man of the Match award in Tests. Both have come against Australia -- his first was at Mohali in 2008-09 for recording 92 & 68 not out.
# India have won most Tests (13) in Chepauk, Chennai, followed by Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi [ Images ] (11) and EdenGardens, Kolkata [ Images ] (10).
# India's eight-wicket triumph is their biggest in terms of wickets against Australia in Tests. Against Australia, India won three and lost one out of seven contested at Chepauk, Chennai (Drawn 2 and Tied 1).
# Moises Henriques (81 not out) posted his highest Test score, eclipsing the 68 in the first innings.
# Henriques's match tally of 149 is the second highest by an Australian batsman against India on Test debut. Michael Clarke's [ Images ] 168 (151 + 17) in the 2004-05 Bangalore Test is an Australian record against India on debut.
# Dhoni equalled Sourav Ganguly's [ Images ] feat of 21 Indian victories in Tests. As against Ganguly's 49 Tests, Dhoni has played 44 as captain.
# Dhoni has not lost a single Test against Australia in India, winning all five contested by him as captain. India, for the first time, have won four consecutive Tests against Australia in India.
# India's eight-wicket win is their 21st out of 83 played against Australia in Tests -- winning % 25.30 (Drawn 23 and Tied 1).
# Only three bowlers -- Vinoo Mankad [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] and Ravichandran Ashwin -- have captured 12 wickets or more for India in wins.
# Henriques and Lyon were associated in a stand of 66 -- Australia's second best against India for the last wicket, next only to the 77 between Dave Gilbert and Allan Border [ Images ] at Melbourne [ Images ] in December 1985. Both instances are the only ones for Australia when the last wicket had produced the highest partnership of the innings.
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