VVS & 5 vs Australia

VVS Laxman became the third Indian and 28th batsman overall to score five Test centuries against Australia. England’s Jack Hobbs (12 centuries), holds the record of highest number of centuries vs Australia, while Sunil Gavaskar’s 8 hundreds is the Indian record. Sachin Tendulkar has 7 hundreds.

50 fifties

Rahul Dravid became the first Indian and third batsman overall — Australians Allan Border (63) and Steve Waugh (50) to complete a half century of fifties in Test cricket. He also became the third Indian after Tendulkar (232) and Gavaskar (214) and 13th batsman overall to play 200 innings in Test cricket.

150 leg before

Anil Kumble became the first ever bowler to dismiss 150 batsmen leg before in Test cricket. Stuart Clark was Indian skipper’s 150th victim in this manner in 123 Test matches.

Lee-Symonds stand

Symonds and Brett Lee’s 114-run stand for the eighth wicket was Australia’s second best for this wicket against India after 117 between Simon Katich and Jason Gillespie at the same ground in 2003-04.

Lee’s fifty mark

Brett Lee scored maiden half century (59) against India.