Stats: Aussies' 577 highest total ever on India soil

New Delhi: Statistical highlights of the fourth day of the third Test match between India and Australia.

· Australia’s total of 577 is their highest ever on Indian soil surpassing 574 for 7 declared at Madras (now Chennai) in 1986-87

· India and Australia provided the 26th instance of two sides posting a total of 500 or more in their first innings. It was the fourth such instance on Indian soil. On all three previous occasions match ended in a draw.

· Virender Sehwag (5 for 104) returned his best ever figures in Test cricket. His previous best was 3 for 12 against South Africa at Kanpur in 2007-08.

· Sehwag’s performance was also his best in all first-class cricket. His previous best figures in a first-class game was 4 for 32 for North Zone against South Zone at Mumbai in 1998-99.

· The match provided the first instance of first five Australian batsmen scoring at least a fifty in same innings against India. It was the fourth such instance overall for Australia.

· The seventh wicket partnership of 106 runs between Michael Clarke and Cameron White was Australia’s best for this wicket against India in India. The pair obliterated the 64-run partnership recorded on two occasions.

· Clarke became the first Australian to score a hundred at Kotla since Ian Chappell who made 138 in 1969-70.

· The dismissal of Brad Haddin gave MS Dhoni his 16th stumping. He has now equalled the tally of Naren Tamhane and Farooq Engineer. Only Syed Kirmani (38) and Kiran More (20) have effected more stumpings for India.

· The wicket of Mitchell Johnson gave Anil Kumble his 34th caught and bowled dismissal- most by any bowler in Test cricket. He moved ahead of Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, who has 33 such dismissals against his name.

· The 57 extras are the fourth most conceded by India in an innings.

· The 28 byes conceded by MS Dhoni is the joint third worst performance by any Indian wicketkeeper in an innings. Only Dinesh Karthik (35 v Pakistan at Bangalore in 2007-08) and Budhi Kunderan (29 v England at Kanpur in 1963-64) have conceded more, while Nayan Mongia also allowed 28 byes against Sri Lanka during their world record total at Colombo RPS in 1997-98.