Highest, again

• Sachin Tendulkar set a record of most Test hundreds by an Indian against Australia — 9th hundred in 46 innings of 25 Tests vs Australia

• Overall 39th hundred in 236 innings of 146 Tests.

• Previous record: Sunil Gavaskar 8 centuries in 31 innings of 20 Tests vs Australia.

• Landmark II: Tendulkar’s unbeaten 124 is also his 88th score of more than 50, second only to Australian Allan Border’s 90. While Border played 265 innings, Tendulkar has played just 236.

• 451: This also lifts Tendulkar’s aggregate in the series to 451, the first time Tendulkar has topped 450 in a single series. His previous highest was also against Australia, at home nearly 10 years back, when he destroyed Shane Warne on the way to scoring 446 in the three-Test series.

TENDULKAR’S HUNDREDS IN AUSTRALIA

• 148*, Sydney, 1991-92 (Draw)

• 114, Perth, 1991-92 (Aus won by 300 runs)

• 116, Melbourne, 1999-2000 (Aus won by 180 runs)

• 241*, Sydney, 2003-04 (Draw)

• 154*, Sydney, 2007-08, (Aus won by 122 runs)

• 125*, Adelaide, 2007-08 (in progress)