Anil Kumble achieved the fourth best figures by an Indian bowler in an 'away' Test when he finished with the figures of 8 for 141 in 46.5 overs in Australia's first innings of the Sydney Test.

This was the second occasion when Kumble claimed eight or more wickets in an innings. The other such occasion came against Pakistan at Delhi in 1999-00, when he had that record ten-wicket haul.

Kumble thus became the fourth Indian after Kapil Dev, Vinoo Mankad and Narendra Hirwani to capture eight wickets in an innings on more than one occasion. Kapil is the only Indian to have taken eight-wicket hauls on three occasions.

Kumble's figures are the second best by an Indian on Australian soil after Kapil Dev's 8 for 106 at Adelaide in 1985-86 and also the tenth best by any bowler against the Australians on their turf.

Best innings figures by Indians abroad:

Wkts	Runs	Balls	Bowler	For	Vs	Inns	Test	Venue	Season
8	76	184	EAS Prasanna	Ind	NZ	2nd	1st	Auckland	1975-76
8	85	185	Kapil Dev	Ind	Pak	1st	5th	Lahore	1982-83
8	106	228	Kapil Dev	Ind	Aus	1st	1st	Adelaide	1985-86
8	141	281	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	1st	4th	Sydney	2003-04
7	162	396	SP Gupte	Ind	WI	1st	1st	Port-of-Spain	1952-53
7	220	232	Kapil Dev	Ind	Pak	1st	3rd	Faisalabad	1982-83

Best innings figures by Indians:

Wkts	Runs	Balls	Bowler	For	Vs	Inns	Test	Venue	Season
10	74	159	A Kumble	Ind	Pak	2nd	2nd	Delhi	1998-99
9	69	215	JM Patel	Ind	Aus	1st	2nd	Kanpur	1959-60
9	83	183	Kapil Dev	Ind	WI	2nd	3rd	Ahmedabad	1983-84
9	102	207	SP Gupte	Ind	WI	1st	2nd	Kanpur	1958-59
8	52	282	MH Mankad	Ind	Pak	1st	1st	Delhi	1952-53
8	55	233	MH Mankad	Ind	Eng	1st	5th	Madras (Chepauk)	1951-52
8	61	111	ND Hirwani	Ind	WI	1st	4th	Madras (Chepauk)	1987-88
8	72	307	S Venkataraghavan	Ind	NZ	1st	4th	Delhi	1964-65
8	75	92	ND Hirwani	Ind	WI	2nd	4th	Madras (Chepauk)	1987-88
8	76	184	EAS Prasanna	Ind	NZ	2nd	1st	Auckland	1975-76
8	79	251	BS Chandrasekhar	Ind	Eng	1st	1st	Delhi	1972-73
8	84	251	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	Aus	2nd	3rd	Madras (Chepauk)	2000-01
8	85	185	Kapil Dev	Ind	Pak	1st	5th	Lahore	1982-83
8	86	162	J Srinath	Ind	Pak	2nd	3rd	Calcutta	1998-99
8	106	228	Kapil Dev	Ind	Aus	1st	1st	Adelaide	1985-86
8	141	281	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	1st	4th	Sydney	2003-04

Best innings figures against Australia in Australia:

Wkts	Runs	Balls	Bowler	For	Vs	Inns	Test	Venue	Season
9	52	142	RJ Hadlee	NZ	Aus	1st	1st	Brisbane	1985-86
9	86	284	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pak	Aus	2nd	1st	Melbourne	1978-79
8	35	109	GA Lohmann	Eng	Aus	1st	2nd	Sydney	1886-87
8	58	260	GA Lohmann	Eng	Aus	1st	2nd	Sydney	1891-92
8	68	90	W Rhodes	Eng	Aus	2nd	2nd	Melbourne	1903-04
8	81	175	LC Braund	Eng	Aus	1st	5th	Melbourne	1903-04
8	94	217	T Richardson	Eng	Aus	1st	5th	Sydney	1897-98
8	106	228	Kapil Dev	Ind	Aus	1st	1st	Adelaide	1985-86
8	126	389	JC White	Eng	Aus	2nd	4th	Adelaide	1928-29
8	141	281	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	1st	4th	Sydney	2003-04